When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
Milton Friedman
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.
Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.
In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.
To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
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The best vote you can cast is for Len Arave for County Commissioner
Len Arave
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'