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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

Thomas Sowell

Age gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.
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As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill.
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Achievement Century History Ideas Kill Power
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
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Decide Economics Inspirational Liberty
Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.
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Confuse Democracy Different Freedom
The history of which peoples, nations, or civilizations have conquered or enslaved which other peoples, nations, or civilizations has been largely a history of who has been in a position to do so.
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Civil History Nation People Position
If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.
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Complain Government Money Politics Promise Vote
The media are less a window on reality, than a stage on which officials and journalists perform self-scripted, self-serving fictions.
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Fiction Journalist Media Perform Reality Window
Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world.
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Beautiful Creation Politics Ugly Vision World
There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.
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Conservative Solution Trade
Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
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Competition Consumer Effect Government Job Protect
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
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It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
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The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous.
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It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.
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It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

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