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We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather,…

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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 wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is… — John Berger
Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift… — Ambrose Bierce
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. — Lucretius
The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the… — Benjamin Rush
The one and only method of teaching men the true religion was established by Divine Providence for the whole world, and for… — Bartolome de las Casas
A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their… — Kevin Mattson
Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some… — Richard Dawkins
I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without… — Harry S. Truman
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places.… — Gautama Buddha
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your… — Socrates
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? — Gilbert Highet
Gold is a deep-persuading orator. — Richard Barnfield

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