Quote by Ben Stein
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make e

If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. – Ben Stein

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Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home. – Ben Stein

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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein

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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. – Ben Stein

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