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The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government…

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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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I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in… — Brandon Boyd
Change can come in either of two important ways: Start behaving positively or stop behaving negatively. — Phil McGraw
We believe that we live in the 'age of information,' that there has been an information 'explosion,' an information 'revolution.' While in… — Bill McKibben
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but… — Daniel Goleman
One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so,… — Stephen Covey
In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them… — Naomi Weisstein
The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example. — Albert Schweitzer
Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share… — Juliana Hatfield
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more… — Milton Friedman
In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility. — Nicolaus Copernicus
intuition is always right in at least two important ways; It is always in response to something. it always has your best… — Gavin de Becker
Who you are contributes to your poetry in a number of important ways, but you shouldn't identify with your poems so closely… — Dorianne Laux

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