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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…
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Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…
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My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there…
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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…
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Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction,…
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Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over…
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The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
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The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,…
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Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion…
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The…
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The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest.…
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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 believe deeply that children are more powerful than oil, more beautiful than rivers, more precious than any other natural resource a…
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The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.
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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at…
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No "natural" resource is more precious and to be used more wisely than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know.…
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The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than…
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Children, be worried when they call you America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they've done to the other natural…
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You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they…
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Money is only important in a society when certain resources for survival must be rationed and the people accept money as an…
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When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children…
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Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource.
— Nicholas Negroponte
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To know that children are suffering and going without food is intolerable in a society such as ours. I hope that all…
— Joan Lunden
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Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and…
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