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For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of…

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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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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them.… — Sun Tzu
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl
We fill pre-existing forms and when we fill them we change them and are changed. — Frank Bidart
When things don’t change, their sameness becomes an accretion. That is why all society puts on flesh. Succumbs to the cubicles and… — Tennessee Williams
I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them. — Emile M. Cioran
Strange how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle Ages, but their arsenals fill them with… — Bertha von Suttner
No days, perhaps, of all our childhood are ever so fully lived as those that we had regarded as not being lived… — Marcel Proust
If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love. — Charles Spurgeon
Pinetop could find the cracks and fill them in and be the glue and mortar of the whole band. — Bob Corritore
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have a passion for life that allows me to make the most of my days and fill them with work and… — Nick Symmonds
By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will… — Wayne Dyer

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