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The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.

Milton Friedman

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.
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Country Freedom Himself Patriot
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 combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
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Destruction Hands Politics Power
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Food Freedom
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
The power to do good is also the power to do harm.
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Choice Goodness Harm Power
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.
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Business Difference Freedom Yourself
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 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
You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.
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Care Freedom Yourself
The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.
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Achievement Civilization Government Greatness
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
With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.
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Business Enemy Freedom Man Rival
One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.
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Drug Market Oneself Role
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

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