#free market

Democrats want to use government power to make people's lives go better; Republicans respond that people know more than politicians do. We think that both might be able to agree that nudging can maintain free markets, and liberty, while also inclining people in good directions. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#agree #also #better #both #democrats

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#free #free market #happiness #humanity #influence

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist. ↗

— Bono

#become #being #brother #church #conscience

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

The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#free #free market #grown #independent #into

In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...' ↗

— Brian Eno

#against #anyone #because #century #child

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy. ↗

— Sam Wyly

#came #college #debated #free #free markets

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#belief #economy #free #free economy #free market

The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#cooperate #discovered #essential #ever #free

The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#benefit #both #central #exchange #fact