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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Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence. – Milton Friedman

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Freedom
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington

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Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace. – Mohammed Morsi

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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. – Garrett Hardin

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Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly. – George Will

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Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. Its the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again. – Ang Lee

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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. – Edith Hamilton

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In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If its not perfect, thats okay, there are a lot more coming along. – Antonin Scalia

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