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Quote by Milton Friedman
Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that

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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The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. – Milton Friedman

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I think its great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view. – Bjorn Lomborg

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I dont think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think its a choice, but in fact, its in ones nature. The choice is whether one expresses ones nature truthfully or spends the rest of ones life lying about it. – Marlo Thomas

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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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When Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he said, “It would be nice.” – Author Unknown

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