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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…

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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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What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more… — Samuel Gompers
It's not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it's also the over $8 billion that… — Arianna Huffington
We need to pledge ourselves anew to the cause of Christ. We must capture the spirit of the early church. Wherever the… — Martin Luther
The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special… — Robert Kennedy
The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out… — Van Jones
Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact,… — Jane Addams
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
For digital natives, public schools are jails — Bing Gordon
Is all the world jails and churches? — Zack de la Rocha
I defy my honored opponents to give me the name of a single man imprisoned in the United States, Great Britain, or… — Richard Wurmbrand
In the 1920s, we thought the problems associated with alcohol could be solved by police and jails. Prohibition taught us we were… — Unknown Author
I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith.… — Smokey Robinson

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