Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.
— Robert McChesney
Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.
— Bill McKibben
My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, 'You can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you can't hate solar panels.'
— Thomas Massie
Subsidies create more of whatever is being subsidized.
— Llewellyn Rockwell
Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy. — Fatih Birol
Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies. — Najib Razak
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it. — James Cook
If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget. — Elizabeth Warren
Giving the banks free interest loans is like the government subsidizing the banks. That's crazy! — Kenneth Eade
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy. — Jeff Goodell
It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies. — James Cook
The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies. — Michael Pollan
Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves. — James Cook
I love when problems have simple solutions. Cold medicine. Umbrellas. Condoms. Tax incentives & subsidies attracting favored industries. — Greg Fitzsimmons
I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me. — Eric Rohmer
The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced. — Uday Kotak
Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies. — James Cook
We need to cut subsidy leakages, not subsidies themselves. — Narendra Modi
Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population. — Fatih Birol
Procurement is a major technique of state subsidy. — Noam Chomsky
Today, India's cooking gas subsidy is the world's largest Cash Transfer Programme. — Narendra Modi
I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. — John McCain
The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty. — Narendra Modi
I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising. — Benjamin Day
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them. — Robert Reich
Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. — Geraldo Rivera
