“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
—Milton Friedman
And this is why socialists never stop pushing for more governmental control over our everyday lives.
—Milton Friedman
And this is why socialists never stop pushing for more governmental control over our everyday lives.
They don’t understand freedom and therefore mistakenly believe that it must be sacrificed in the name of “equality.” Of course, this is 100% backwards. More control does not equal greater freedom.
Anyone who has escaped from a Marxism dominated society could easily confirm this. Problem is, today’s Marxists simply don’t believe their ears when told of the barbarism that has thrived in societies that aimed to deliver “equality and progress” through the barrel of a gun.
“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.” —Ronald Reagan
When Reagan said “protect the people,” he didn’t mean “insulate people from their own stupidity.” That’s what progressives do.
When Reagan said “protect the people,” he didn’t mean “insulate people from their own stupidity.” That’s what progressives do.
Instead, Reagan was touting maximum freedom, combined with maximum personal responsibility, in a society protected from those who wish to control us.
Reagan explains fascism.
Margaret Thatcher explains that MORE government control (socialism) doesn’t make the poor richer. Instead, it makes EVERYONE poorer. And socialists are okay with that, just as long as everyone is equally as miserable.
Margaret Thatcher quote, Part 1:
“We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human is equally important.”
“We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human is equally important.”
Thatcher quote, Part 2:
“A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master, these are our inheritance. They are the essence of a free economy. And on that freedom all our other freedoms depend.”
“A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master, these are our inheritance. They are the essence of a free economy. And on that freedom all our other freedoms depend.”
October 10, 1975, Speech to Conservative Party Conference.
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