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title: "10 Freedom Economic Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Freedom Economic quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Freedom Economic sayings and thoughts."
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> [It is simply not possible to achieve the 'freedom' from E.U. economic institutions that Brexiters want without undermining Britain's economy and security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/it-is-simply-not-possible-to-achieve-the-freedom-from-e-u-economic/)

[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-adonis-baron-adonis/)

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> [Politically, China suppresses its people, but because the government allows some freedom in economic matters, business has become the ultimate expression of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-lu/politically-china-suppresses-its-people-but-because-the-government/)

[Li Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-lu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/li-lu-18293_business_politically-china-suppresses-its-people_1584980.jpg)

> [If you do not force political freedom, economic freedom will be stymied sooner or later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/if-you-do-not-force-political-freedom-economic-freedom-will-be/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [You can have economic freedom without political freedom, but you cannot have political freedom without economic freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/you-can-have-economic-freedom-without-political-freedom-but-you/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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> [Conservatives tend to believe there is a close and necessary connection between prosperity and freedom - that economic freedom is an essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-feulner/conservatives-tend-to-believe-there-is-a-close-and-necessary/)

[Edwin Feulner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-feulner/)

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> [Political freedom without economic freedom is almost worthless, and it is because the modern proletariat has the one kind of freedom without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/political-freedom-without-economic-freedom-is-almost-worthless-and-it/)

[Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/)

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> [Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/freedom-in-economic-arrangements-is-itself-a-component-of-freedom/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/private-property-is-a-natural-fruit-of-labor-a-product-of-intense/)

[Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/)

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> [The economic freedom which is the prerequisite of any other freedom cannot be the freedom from economic care which the socialist promise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/the-economic-freedom-which-is-the-prerequisite-of-any-other-freedom/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_activity_the-economic-freedom-which-is-the-prereq_301072.jpg)

> [Coupled with Usury, Unrestricted Competition destroys the small man for the profit of the great and in so doing produces that mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/coupled-with-usury-unrestricted-competition-destroys-the-small-man/)

[Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/hilaire-belloc-2294_citizens_coupled-with-usury-unrestricted-competit_3072147.jpg)

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