

“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”
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“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
― Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays
― Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays

“When Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for him, Diogenes is said to have replied: ‘Yes, stand a little less between me and the sun.’ It is what every citizen is entitled to ask of his government.”
― Economics in One Lesson
― Economics in One Lesson
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