“It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds.” KindCountryOpportunityEconomicCostLowsFortuneAll KindsDiscussionGood FortuneAffluentOpportunity Cost Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“In the national debate about a serious issue, it is the expression of the minority's viewpoint that most demands the protection of the First Amendment. Whatever the better policy may be, a full and frank discussion of the costs and benefits of the attempt to prohibit the use of marijuana is far wiser than suppression of speech because it is unpopular.” FirstsMayUseIssuesPolicySeriousExpressionCostDemandSpeechBenefitsProtectionDebateDiscussionMinoritiesMarijuanaAmendmentsFrankFreedom Of SpeechWiserFirst AmendmentViewpointsSuppressionSerious Issues Author:John Paul Stevens
“You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost, even though the costs almost inevitably end up being orders of magnitude larger than anybody projected at the outcome.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLittlesEndsCountryMightSufferingOrderCostConsciousDiscussionOutcomesBombsMagnitude Author:Andrew Bacevich
“I want to see everyone contribute to the overall costs of the system, and with their entire earnings. I'm convinced that an objective discussion will reveal that the differences between the parties, which have been greatly exaggerated in some quarters, aren't that significant after all.” WantHas BeensDifferencesPartyCostConvincedSignificantObjectivesDiscussionQuartersEarningExaggerated Author:Angela Merkel
“One of the reasons some of the advocates of ever larger government and more government intrusiveness get nervous about discussions of the actual cost of government is that they fear if the people had a discussion about what government costs, the true cost of taxes, that they might not want as much government as they are presently getting.” PeopleIfsWantReasonGovernmentMightCostTaxesNervousDiscussion Author:Grover Norquist