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Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.

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
There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
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Goodness Harm Intention Liberty
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 power to do good is also the power to do harm.
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Choice Goodness Harm Power
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.
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Business Government Rule
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
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Argument Belief Freedom Liberty
I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.
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Equality Government Greatness Myself Privilege World
Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
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Hell Right Sarcastic
What makes it [economics] most fascinating is that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page, that anyone can understand them, and yet very few do.
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Fundamental Principle Simplicity Understand Writing
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
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Business Government Law Politics
The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.
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Achievement Civilization Government Greatness
Anything that government can do, private enterprise can do for half the cost.
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Government Price
When you start paying people to be poor, you wind up with an awful lot of poor people.
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People Poor Start Wind Yourself
You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.
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Business Difference Freedom Yourself
Government is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else.
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Believe Government Live Way
I’m in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.
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Drugs Illegal Kill Myself People Right Support

Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.

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Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.

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