Quote by Milton Friedman
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. – 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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good
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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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Drugs
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Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party. – William Hague

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The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. – Elihu Root

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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. – Henry David Thoreau

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History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. – Vladimir Putin

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Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. – Norman Douglas

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For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing. – Thomas Carlyle

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You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life. – Madeleine Peyroux

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The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it. – Author Unknown

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