“When you start paying people to be poor” – Milton Friedman
“When you start paying people to be poor, you wind up with an awful lot of poor people.”
Milton Friedman
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Defending the Constitution – Thomas Sowell Quote
“The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.”
Thomas Sowell
Liberalism is Totalitarianism – Thomas Sowell Quote
“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.”
Thomas Sowell
Skepticism at the Crossroads – Quote by Walter Lippmann
“It is at the cross-roads that skepticism is born, not in a hermitage.”
Walter Lippmann
“Taxing Work, Subsidizing Nonwork” – Milton Friedman
“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”
Milton Friedman
Thomas Sowell Quote on Responsibility and Society
“We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”
Thomas Sowell
Majority Rule and Politics – Quote by Walter Lippmann
“The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.”
Walter Lippmann
Milton Friedman Quote on Work and Unemployment
“If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don’t be surprised if you get unemployment.”
Milton Friedman
Ideological Bigotry on Campuses – Thomas Sowell
“Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing anything that challenges the left vision.”
Thomas Sowell
Quote by Hans-Peter Dürr on Nature and Understanding
“If we reduce nature to what we understand, we will not be able to survive.”
Hans-Peter Dürr