Absolutely agree, just afraid too many take it for granted these days.

I had never heard this before, very well stated.

Nice quote. A great example is the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau created to protect people from subprime mortgages that were being pushed by government policy.

The only protection I need is from too much government.

Always has been one of my favorite quotes. All these "good intentions" are nothing but insults to the people. Essentially telling them they can't manage their own lives but need a government to do it for them.

He is correct. Many liberals have a new type of slavery, one to their own ideology, those who stray must be metaphorically whipped.

We are watching that very thing happen year by year, decade by decade.

Wow, I had not seen nor heard this before. Wouldn't we all have enjoyed the follow up question as to which populations she meant?

As simple as it is, it is one of the most profound quotes of all time.

Waffler, our consitution has no provision for redistribution of income. It is not nor ever was the reason to have government.

Likewise name any form of government in the world that does not have a skewed division of wealth? Even the most socialist nations have the wealth concentrated with government officials that can enforce their greed with the power of the police and military.

The only thing worse than what Friedman describes is the situation we now have with independent bankers from various nations working in concert without oversight of the public.

Very similar to quotes one would find by Hitler.

The routine argument is to defer to congress. Everytime they do the render themselves and our constitution useless. There is a mechanism to change the constitution by amendment. The judiciary is not it.

The key is the government's ability to use force and strip individuals of their freedom.

The same warning we had from Thomas Jefferson regarding the creation of a central bank. Truly taxation without representation.

The only thing radical is politicians like Clinton that dismiss the constitution they swore to uphold.

I'll send your sentiments to everyone I know. Thank you.

Waffler somehow equates protecting individual liberty with dictatorship. It is a dictatorship of one where each person is his own master. To reference another quote: "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him?" Thomas Jefferson

Typical liberal describes those that believe in their 2nd amendment rights as not "especially articulate or literate". The founders who wrote the constitution were both and knew exactly what they were doing when they wrote and passed the 2nd amendment.

It is more important that the NY Times be exposed for their socialist commentary being disguised as news.

His comment then was absolutely correct. For those that voted out republicans at least in part because of the spending, there is now even more of the same reason to vote out the democrats. If they support big government, vote them out. Only when the people penalize it will it stop.

Excellent quote. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

A sad commentary on America. Once the land of opportunity for those willing to work. Now too many expect the rewards of those that pursued opportunity to simply be handed to them. It tells me nearly half the population has no self respect and is no better than a panhandler.

Very well said Archer.

History has proven him very wrong from the depression to Japan and now to our current problems. Keynes theory is only perpetuated by those who wish to centralize power. No one of intelligence could suggest it based on results.

Worth going to the link and reading the entire piece. Well done.