Arthur C. Brooks Quotes

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• There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save…
• We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and…
• Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the…
• As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.
• If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.
• The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
• The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.
• The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast,…
• Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.
• Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise…
• The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned…
• There's a general intuition around the nonprofit world these days that younger generations are less likely to join. But I have found in my research…

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