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The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The g

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didnt construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didnt revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman

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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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Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the 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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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. – John Adams

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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. – John Maynard Keynes

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Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! – Eddie Izzard

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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. – Angela Davis

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Womens fashion is a subtle form of bondage. Its mens way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But theyre actually tied up. – David Duchovny

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Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust — we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. – Albert Einstein, in The Saturday Evening Post, 26 October 1929

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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. – Henry Ford

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