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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've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver…
— Tammy Baldwin
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Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of…
— John Boehner
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If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating…
— Garry McCarthy
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The misconception that there is serious disagreement among scientists about global warming is actually an illusion that has been deliberately fostered by…
— Al Gore
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So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of…
— Barbara Boxer
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists…
— Barack Obama
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Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by…
— Ralph Raico
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Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional…
— James Hansen
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Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors,…
— Barack Obama
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When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They…
— Henry F. Ashurst
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If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you,…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to.
— John McCain
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