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So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#absolutely #activities #alternative #candle #clear

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#appointed #basis #choose #clout #communist

The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#capitalism #greed #harm #how #kind

If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat? ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#attention #bank #crisis #economic #economic crisis

People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play. ↗

— Anna Friel

#become #board #certain #effect #empty

I want more children but for the next three years I want to act. ↗

— Anna Friel

#children #i #more #next #three

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#better #high #i #i believe #i can

Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#argue #continue #debate #language #linguistic

Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#accepts #attending #audience #comes #concert

The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect. ↗

— Bill Frist

#armed services #courage #deepest #example #families