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“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.”

World Way Made Spirit Walks Risk Economic Possibility Pride Involved Achievement Defeat Enterprise Flats Pioneers Free Enterprise Economic Freedom

Book:Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

Source: Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

“I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty.”

Government Individual Liberty Principles Economic Vote Constitution Limited Government Individual Liberty Economic Freedom Limited Freedom

Author:Justin Amash

“Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of what is called economic freedom.”

Ifs Government Liberty Economic Range Preservation Compatible Economic Freedom

Book:Human action: a treatise on economics

Source: Human action: a treatise on economics

“Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.”

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Author:Jose Maria Aznar

“Will a guaranteed annual wage kill incentive among the poor? If a man is given a certain amount of security, won't he quit working? Exactly the same contention could be made about the sons of the wealthy who are left large fortunes. Yet the evidence suggests that, given economic freedom, people will generally choose to do that which interests them most. It is up to society to see that these interests are widened and that too requires investment.”

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Author:Pierre Berton

“The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.”

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Book:Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses

Source: Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses

“I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending.”

“And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.”

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Author:Don Nickles

“The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment without trial-that all these freedoms can be preserved in the absence of what is called economic freedom. They do not realize that, in a system where there is no market, where the government directs everything, all those other freedoms are illusory, even if they are made into laws and written up in constitutions.”

Source: Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow

“You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.”

Enterprise Free Enterprise Economic Freedom

Author:Milton Friedman

“Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.”

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Author:Boris Yeltsin