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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.

Milton Friedman

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

Achievement Civilization Government Greatness
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
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
Every person shall be free to do good at his own expense.
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Freedom Person Price
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible.
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Myself Possible Reason Support
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
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Business Government Law Politics
Governments never learn. Only people learn.
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Government Learning People Philosophy Rule
There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
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Goodness Harm Intention Liberty
Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.
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Change Politics Reality
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
The power to do good is also the power to do harm.
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Choice Goodness Harm Power
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
The word ‘free’ is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with ‘freedom.’ The word ‘fair’ is not used in either of our founding documents.
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Difference Freedom Independence Word
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
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 Greatness Mindset Ourselves Plant
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
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Devotion Energy Government Management Politics

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