Able Quote by Milton Friedman

When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.

— Thomas Sowell

Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

— Plato

When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in…

— Milton Friedman

“It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government…

— James Madison

As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser…

— Jason Stearns

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and…

— James F. Cooper

We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Government action causes special interest reaction.”

— Eric Robert Morse

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose…

— Stephen Breyer

Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“In light of their views on the organization of society and political economy, Westerners, especially Americans, can be separated into two basic groups. One…

— Sarah Chayes