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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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The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as…
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In those days contests were extremely rough and frequently cost the participants their lives. Thus, whenever I sallied forth to take part…
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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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Culture hides more than it reveals and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from it's own participants. Years of…
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It gradually became clear that the Green Belt Movement's work with communities to repair the degraded environment could not be done effectively…
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There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the…
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The more children see of violence, the more numb they are to the deadly consequences of violence. Now, video games like 'Mortal…
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Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?
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My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is…
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The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
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