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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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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The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government. – Milton Friedman

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architecture
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This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising peoples prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs. – Paul Ryan

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Government

A Conservative government is an organised hypocrisy. – Benjamin Disraeli, 1845

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Government

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. – Herbert Hoover

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Government

The peoples government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. – Daniel Webster

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To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. – Chinese Proverb

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Certainty

God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us. – Walter Martin

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Faith

Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose, you can buy hundreds of rose gardens? – Rumi

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Rumi

Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. – George Boole

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Knowledge