Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-03-17 Mar 17, 2011The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government official, a trade union official, or a business executive. It forces them to put up or shut up. They either have to deliver the goods, produce something that people are willing to pay for, are willing to buy, or else they have to go into a different business.~ Milton FriedmanThe unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn't do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn't do a thing for them.~ Milton FriedmanWith respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.~ Milton Friedman Mar 16, 2011The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.~ Ronald ReaganThere is no expedient to which the average person will not go to avoid the hard work of thinking.~ Thomas A. EdisonHe who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world´s believing him.~ Thomas Jefferson Mar 15, 2011If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate anything but liberty.~ James MadisonUnder God we are determined that, wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever, we shall be called upon to make our exit, we will die freemen.~ Josiah Quincy, Jr.For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.~ Richard Feynman Mar 14, 2011If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.~ Daniel WebsterEvery generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.~ Henry David ThoreauThe human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Mar 11, 2011Let therefore every man, that, appealing to his own heart, feels the least spark of virtue or freedom there, think that it is an honor which he owes himself, and a duty which he owes his country, to bear arms.~ Thomas Pownhall Mar 10, 2011If a government were trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of a population, what would it do? 1. The use of indirect rather than direct taxes, so that the tax is hidden in the price of goods. 2. Inflation, by which the state reduces the value of everyone else's currency. 3. Borrowing, so as to postpone the necessary taxation. 4. Gift and luxury taxes, where the tax accompanies the receipt or purchase of something special, lessening the annoyance of the tax. 5. “Temporary” taxes, which somehow never get repealed when the emergency passes. 6. Taxes that exploit social conflict, by placing higher taxes on unpopular groups. 7. The threat of social collapse or withholding monopoly government services if taxes are reduced. 8. Collection of the total tax burden in relatively small increments over time, rather than in a yearly lump sum. 9. Taxes whose exact incidence cannot be predicted in advance, thus keeping the taxpayer unaware of just how much he is paying. 10. Extraordinary budget complexity to hide the budget process from public understanding. 11. The use of generalized expenditure categories to make it difficult for outsiders to assess the individual components of the budget.~ Amilcare PuvianiWhen libertarian moral theory is combined with economic theory a compelling conception of the good society emerges.~ Lansing PollockPrincipio Obstate (Resist from the beginning).~ Latin Proverb Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print