Great leaps—cures, inventions, art, new businesses—usually start with individuals who see a possibility and run with it. They take risks, work late, and care deeply, because the idea is theirs. That spark rarely comes from a desk in a bureaucracy.

Government can set fair rules and protect rights, but it cannot manufacture the passion that drives discovery. When free people are allowed to dream, compete, and cooperate, civilization advances. The engine of progress is human creativity, and it fires best when it’s owned, not assigned.