Quote by Milton Friedman
A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that gr

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

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If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and drug rehabilitation, in an atmosphere of compassion not punishment, the reduction in drug usage and in the harm done to users could be dramatic. – Milton Friedman

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Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. – Milton Friedman

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Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of ones house. – James Otis

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Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth. – Thomas Huxley

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Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. – Robert Kennedy

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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighters gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. – Yasser Arafat

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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. – Marcus Aurelius

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One day my dad would say, OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out. And thats how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal. – Caroline Wozniacki

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