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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 scientist seeking to…

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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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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The… — Milton Friedman
Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they… — Frederick W. Smith
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Unfortunately, the business is such that, as far as studios are concerned, they judge one quote-unquote black movie on how other ‘black’… — Taye Diggs
I think I actually made a very kind gesture out of nowhere; I decided in the middle of that match that for… — Serena Williams
They judge me like a picture book, by the colors, like they forgot to read. — Lana Del Rey
Even more dramatic, Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70… — Amy Cuddy
Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough… — Helmut Jahn
I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we're wearing or… — Clare Balding
Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And… — Waylon Jennings
When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy. — Emmanuel Jal
Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice. — Jose Marti

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