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America’s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.

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People with an investment in government power will torture logic like a medieval inquisitor rather than face the facts. . . . There's a simple way to keep money out of politics: Keep politics out of our money.

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Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something. '

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Wealth comes from the production and exchange of goods and services. If someone efficiently produces a good that many people willingly trade their money for, he becomes wealthy.

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Americans live under the delusion that enterprise here is both private and free. It may be nominally private, but it's anything but free. Unfortunately, most people don't know what freedom is. So they are unfazed when they hear that before you can do anything of a commercial nature, you need government permission.

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Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all. . . It is hard for the government to prosecute a war and not expand. . . Conservatives may think they can support war and oppose the expansion of the state, but that is like trying to square the circle. What makes them think they can contain the expansion?

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Today, the people who would use guns to violate rights have little trouble getting them, while those who would use them to defend their rights have increasing trouble getting them. . . . Gun control is in effect a subsidy for criminals.

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