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You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

Milton Friedman

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.
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Government Harm Limitation
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
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Government People Philosophy Problem Protection
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
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Government Liberty Permenent
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 government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
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Bad Government Liberty Problem
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
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
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
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Argument Belief Freedom Liberty
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
I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.
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Equality Government Greatness Myself Privilege World
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.
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Funny Government Politics Rule Yourself
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
The power to do good is also the power to do harm.
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Choice Goodness Harm Power
You know there are very few Marxists left in the world they’re all in American universities.
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Education World Yourself
You never can cure poverty. Poverty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Deep Eyes Perspective Yourself

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