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Quote of the Day #29: Ludwig von Mises (opens the original)
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“The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement.They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent.They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the wor
Why Thomas Sowell Says “There Are No Solutions” (opens the original)
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Quote of the Day #28: Milton Friedman (opens the original)
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“If you adopt the view that no man is responsible for his own behavior, because somehow or other society is responsible, then why should he seek to make his behavior good?”— Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman made this remark in his 1977 speech “Is Capitalism Humane?” at Cornell University.Friedman’s concern is that blaming “society” for people’s beha
Quote of the Day #27: Thomas Sowell (opens the original)
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“Trying to explain inequality is like trying to explain why people don’t flap their arms and fly. There was never any reason to expect people to fly and there was never any reason to expect people’s performances to be equal, when there are innumerable influences at work differently for each individual and group.”— Thomas SowellWhile many are quick to attribute disparities in outcomes to discrimination, Thomas Sowell reminds us that unequal results should not c
Quote of the Day #26: Winston Churchill (opens the original)
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“Among our Socialist opponents there is great confusion. Some of them regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is — the strong and willing horse that pulls the whole cart along.”— Winston ChurchillChurchill spoke these words in 1959, more than a decade into Britain’s postwar nationalization drive. Coal, rail, and electricity were all publicly o
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