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Quote by Donald J. Boudreaux

“People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies. People who actually achieve political power are to be trusted even less than those who seek it without success; winning elections requires a measure of deceitfulness and Machiavellian immorality that no decent person comes close to possessing.”

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Donald J. Boudreaux

Donald J. Boudreaux is a renowned economist, born in 1958. He has extensive research and teaching experience in the field of economics, focusing on market economics, liberalism, and public choice theory. Boudreaux has held teaching positions in multiple academic institutions and has published numerous articles in economics journals. more

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