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The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast, redistribution simply spreads money around. Even worse, it attenuates the ability to earn success by perverting economic incentives. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#around #contrast #earn #economic #enables

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride. ↗

— Arthur C. Brooks

#contrary #envy #free #free markets #incomes

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#birth #death #engaged #life #peace

May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#fruits #germany #labor #may #our

Poetry is life distilled. ↗

— Gwendolyn Brooks

#life #poetry

I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#divided #elite #i #many #think

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. ↗

— Xun Zi

#any #beautiful #born #desires #ears

I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#business #buy #down #game #got

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. ↗

— Xun Zi

#fantastic #fundamental #harmony #human #integral

While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then. ↗

— Garth Brooks

#bones #having #i #lot #me