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- Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic freedom is also…
- Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces the…
- The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited, if there is…
- A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.
- Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or dispersion of power.…
- Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.
- Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.
- A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality or freedom.…
- What most people really object to when they object to a free market is that it is so hard for them to shape it to…
- Every businessman is in favor of freedom for everybody else, but when it comes to himself that's a different question. He's always the special case.…
- The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He will ask rather…
- Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe…
- Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
- How can we keep the government we create from becoming a Frankenstein that will destroy the very freedom we establish it to protect? Freedom is…
- I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that…
- The heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most of his capacities…
- The most unresolved problem of the day is precisely the problem that concerned the founders of this nation: how to limit the scope and power…
- Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
- Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the…
- The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why…
- History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
- The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a…
- Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group…
- I think that nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individual’s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense…
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- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood