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“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”

Government Law Forgiveness Lawyer Gentle Severe Poor Richard

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.”

Government Economy Periods Depression Privacy Inherent Severe Unemployment Great Depression Instability Mismanagement

Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“That people even in well paid jobs choose ever earlier retirement is a severe indictment of our organizations - not just business, but government service, the universities. These people don't find their jobs interesting.”

People Wells Government Jobs Interesting Organization Paid University Retirement Severe Indictment Government Service

Author:Peter Drucker

“lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the same time virtue and terror, virtue without which terror is fatal, terror without which virtue is impotent. The terror is nothing but justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is thus an emanation of virtue.”

Government Justice Virtue Revolution Terror Attributes Severe Prompts

Author:Maximilien Robespierre

“Deficit financing proper is rather the process whereby a Government spends more money that it withdraws from the economy by taxation, borrowing, running down reserves, etc.; thereby causing in most circumstances, and very acutely in ours, monetary inflation and severe pressure on the balance of payments.”

Government Running Process Economy Balance Circumstances Pressure Etc More Money Reserves Severe Taxation Inflation Deficit Payment Monetary Borrowing Financing

Author:John James Cowperthwaite