Quote by Milton Friedman
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfe

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

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The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. – Milton Friedman

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Government
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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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Society
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So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. – Milton Friedman

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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established. – George Carlin

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Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. – Vaclav Havel

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good

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. – Ernest Hemingway

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It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. – Rene Descartes

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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends. – Anna Deavere Smith

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If you are happy, go skipping. If you are sad, go skipping! – Terri Guillemets

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Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. – Vladimir Nabokov

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The future is called perhaps, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you. – Tennessee Williams

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