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There’s no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn’t exist.

Milton Friedman

Governments never learn. Only people learn.
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Government Learning People Philosophy Rule
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
Anything that government can do, private enterprise can do for half the cost.
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Government Price
The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.
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Choice Destruction Liberty Necessary
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
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Bad Government Liberty Problem
You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.
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Business Difference Freedom Yourself
There’s no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn’t back down.
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Doubt Greatness Himself Mindset Myself Principle Reality
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
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Equality Freedom Rule Society
The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the people who are hurt most by higher minimums are the most poverty stricken.
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Hurt Law People Reality Support Tragedy
There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
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Goodness Harm Intention Liberty
I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.
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Freedom Government Liberty Myself Principle
The government doesn’t have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
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Genrosity Government Money Power
The essential notion of a capitalist society … is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
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Force Liberty People Rule Society
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
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Greatness Judgement Mistake Oneself Politics Result
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces the area over which political power is exercised.
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Exercise Freedom Liberty People Politics Power
You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.
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Care Freedom Yourself

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