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Doe Quotes by Milton Friedman
- When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and how he spends…
- There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
- Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the state than in…
- . . . it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two other reasons. One…
- What does it mean to say that government might have a responsibility? Government can't have a responsibility any more than the business can. The only…
- And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon…
- The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion…
- The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum…
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- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
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- True information does good. — Julian Assange
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- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
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- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi