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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.


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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.



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[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics



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The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.



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The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.



If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.



The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.



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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.



Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.



The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.

The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.





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