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Sheldon Richman Quotes: If government played by the same rules as the rest of us, it would cease to be government.
         

If government played by the same rules as the rest of us, it would cease to be government.


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The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.



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We must acknowledge, of course, that what looks like failure to us Americans outside the privileged elite may not actually be failure for our overlords.



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The truly free market is the worker's best friend.



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It should go without saying that even the most narrowly construed eminent-domain power would violate individual rights. Either a person owns his legitimately acquired property or he does not.



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Government spending reduces the capital that could be invested to serve consumers and to produce new employment opportunities.



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This page presents the quote "If government played by the same rules as the rest of us, it would cease to be government.". Author of this quote is Sheldon Richman. This quote is about laissez-faire, trade, moral, libertarian, politics, coercion, anarchy, anarcho-capitalism, liberty,.