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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Milton Friedman

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
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Argument Belief Freedom Liberty
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
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Bad Government Liberty Problem
Society doesn’t have values. People have values.
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People Society Value
The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.
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Civilization Government Greatness Science
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
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Food Freedom
The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.
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Company Money Profit Responsibility
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
There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.
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Business Design Game Oneself Responsibility Rule
One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.
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Drug Market Oneself Role
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
If you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it.
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Law Rule Talk Understand Yourself
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
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
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
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
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Creation Harm Intention Liberty Power

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