"One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know."
-John Kenneth Galbraith
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"It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.“
-John Kenneth Galbraith
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"Every country has the government it deserves."
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"Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy."
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"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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