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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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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it… — James Buchan
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't… — Lord Byron
Love is its own reward.... — Thomas Merton
The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content. — Guy Finley
Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward. — John Henry Newman
In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own… — Edwin Percy Whipple
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. — John Vanbrugh
A generous action is its own reward. — William Thomas Walsh
Order is its own reward. — Janet Morris
Liberty is its own reward. — Woodrow Wilson
Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at… — Kenneth Arrow
Virtue is its own reward. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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