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James Cook points out that government often does a poorer job than private businesses. He notes that when a state removes most government, its economy can suddenly grow. He also says that government aid tends to help people who won’t help themselves, while private aid is more selective.

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Governments institutionalize something for nothing.

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The government is worst which governs most.

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When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.

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Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.

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Most everything government does is worse than useless.

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The government endangers us with our own money.

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Government regulators are another name for police.

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Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.

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Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy.

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Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

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It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

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It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies.

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The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice.

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People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.

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Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

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Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

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Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like…

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Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race…

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Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and…

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The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise…

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Liberals believe and inexhaustible fund exists that can be tapped endlessly to pay for government social programs. Tax the rich and give…

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Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way…

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Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they…

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Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.

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Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

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Government is not competent enough to regulate.

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Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.

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No resource will flourish if managed by government.

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Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.

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Never underestimate the incompetence of government.

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People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient.

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Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

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Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job.

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There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand?

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The rate of inflation can't be judged accurately by a few items the government arbitrarily chooses to measure.

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The idea that government can instruct private enterprise on how to eliminate waste is preposterous.

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The more noteworthy a person's achievements, the more government agents are attracted to investigating that person.

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The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is…

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Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse.

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Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

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Liberals have one solution for every economic issue; eat the seed corn.

Hardly anything works out as well as we hope.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

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The more noteworthy a person's achievements, the more government agents are attracted to investigating that person.

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

Employers know the nature of people best.