"Central authority is bad. The bias should be……" — John Stossel
"Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust."
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49 Quotes by John Stossel
John Stossel has 49 quotes on this site.
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What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that,…
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The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly…
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The politicians should not tell the people to shut up.
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[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.
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A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that's good for America. Nobody's rescuing them. They employ people, too.…
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I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the…
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Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.
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I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And…
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I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.
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Give me safety, or give me death.
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David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.
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The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.
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We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
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