"Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn’t willing to." ― Bill Gates Topic(s): Government Tags: money, private More From Bill Gates "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose." "Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other." "The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life." More In Government "We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us."― Colin Powell "Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence."― John Foster Dulles "To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall."― Jack Kemp