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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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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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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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves. – Lao Tzu

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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. – John Barrymore

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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. – Yogi Berra

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It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. – Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

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And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly. – Paul Ryan

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Mothers and daughters are closest, when daughters become mothers. – Author Unknown

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People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts. – David Duchovny

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