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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.


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A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.



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If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.



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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.



You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.



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The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.



I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.



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The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.



You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.



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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.



There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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When we look into the eyes of others with compassion, our personal biases suddenly begin to fade away. Then, we can see others for what they truly are, Human.

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He was, out of all sight (as I remember him), the nicest boy that ever spun a top or broke a window.



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If you want to change this world, this community that we all live in, then get up and do it. And just start something.



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I am not a party candidate, and if elected cannot be President of a party, but the President of the whole people.

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