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“Politicians will always spend every penny of tax raised and whatever else they can get away with.”

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Milton Friedman was a renowned economist known for his contributions to the field of free-market economics. His research in monetary economics, consumer behavior, and tax policy has had a profound impact. more

“Saying that government is not the way to solve problems is not saying that humanity cannot solve its problems. What I've finally learned is this: Despite the obstacles created by governments, voluntary networks of private individuals - through voluntary exchange - solve all sorts of challenges.”

Way Problem Government Humanity Individual Challenges Obstacles Solve Despite

Author:John Stossel

“People vastly overestimate the ability of central planners to improve on the independent action of diverse individuals. What I've learned watching regulators is that they almost always make things worse. If regulators did nothing, the self-correcting mechanisms of the market would mitigate most problems with more finesse. And less cost.”

People Ifs Self Problem Action Individual Ability Cost Independent I've Learned Mechanism Diverse Correcting Planners Overestimate Regulators Finesse

Author:John Stossel

“The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody...It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous.”

Ifs Giving Doe Government Truth Is Prosperous

Author:Ludwig von Mises

“If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.”

Use Government Force Monopoly Bill Of Rights Physical Attraction Physical Force

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money.”

Results Members Increase Welfare Quantity Availability

Book:The Theory of Money and Credit

Source: The Theory of Money and Credit

“Politicians, bureaucrats, editors, new commentators, 'economists' teachers,' and other word artists who denounce private enterprise and praise socialism are their own worst enemies...these attackers are unwittingly destroying the sources of their own livelihood. They kill the geese that lay the golden eggs - and don't know it!”

“Intellectuals and celebrities venerated monsters like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, & Ho Chi Minh. The New Left of the 1960s didn't have a change of heart, just a change of icons from Stalin to third world tyrants. The homicidal and sadistic Che Guevara is still held up as a hero.”

World Heart Stills Left Hero Thirds Monsters Tyrants 1960s Icons Third World Castro Mao Sadistic Change Of Heart Homicidal

Author:Jamie Glazov

“Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints.”

Has Beens Might Sin Saint Might Have Been Drunkenness Gluttony

Book:The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography

Source: The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography

“But our comedies never endured long without a tragedy.”

Long Comedy Tragedy

Book:The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography

Source: The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography

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