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You know there are very few Marxists left in the world they’re all in American universities.

Milton Friedman

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
Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.
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Change Politics Reality
You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.
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Business Difference Freedom Yourself
There’s no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn’t exist.
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Existence Government Ideal Rule
You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.
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Argument Opponents Right Understand View Yourself
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
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
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Noble Politics Profit True
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
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Business Freedom Important Place Profit
The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn’t do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn’t do a thing for them.
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Employment Goodness Job People
There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
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Goodness Harm Intention Liberty
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
Governments never learn. Only people learn.
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Government Learning People Philosophy Rule
Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.
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Government Money Save
The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
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Destruction Hands Politics Power
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
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Food Freedom

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