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The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else.


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Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking!

Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking!



Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.

Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment.



Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man

Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man



When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order to support unsuccessful private business.

When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order to support unsuccessful private business.



The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.

The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.



The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have.

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not what they lack that chiefly troubles them, but what others have.



The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.



Inflation makes the extension of socialism possible by providing the financial chaos in which it flourishes. The fact is that socialism and inflation are cause and effect, they feed on each other!

Inflation makes the extension of socialism possible by providing the financial chaos in which it flourishes. The fact is that socialism and inflation are cause and effect, they feed on each other!



There is no more certain way to deter employment than to harass and penalize employers.

There is no more certain way to deter employment than to harass and penalize employers.



Today is already the tomorrow which the bad economist yesterday urged us to ignore.

Today is already the tomorrow which the bad economist yesterday urged us to ignore.





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What did that say about me? Had I become one of the monsters I thought I was fighting?“Things didn’t have to be like this, ” I commented. “He could’ve made different choices.



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