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Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

Milton Friedman

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
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
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Business Government Law Politics
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
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Government Liberty Permenent
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
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
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 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
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
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
With respect to teachers’ salaries …. Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.
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Determination Difference Oppression Poor Respect Teaching
Every person shall be free to do good at his own expense.
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Freedom Person Price
One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.
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Drug Market Oneself Role
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
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Noble Politics Profit True
The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.
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Company Money Profit Responsibility
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Food Freedom
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
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Bad Government Liberty Problem

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