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The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployme

The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. – Milton Friedman

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Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesnt run on greed? You think Russia doesnt run on greed? You think China doesnt run on greed? What is greed? – Milton Friedman

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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. – Milton Friedman

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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. – Andrew Jackson

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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. – John Adams

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