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A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality or freedom.…

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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been…
Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…
My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there…
Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic…
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction,…
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over…
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,…
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion…
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The…
The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest.…
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

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It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so happens they're… — Richard Dawkins
There is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear, and almost everyone has hours when he would gladly… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I will lift mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-colored, king-sized three deckers,… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens to be… — Richard Dawkins
I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I… — Kent McCord
The greatest blunder I have seen that almost everyone makes is to just speak their mind. It doesn't make any sense. They… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go… — Candace Cameron
You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your… — Nathaniel Branden
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches. — Oscar Robertson
The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And… — George V. Higgins
Almost everyone is born a genius and buried an idiot. — Charles Bukowski
Isn't is amazing that almost everyone has an opinion to offer about the Bible, and yet so few have studied it? — R C Sproul

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