William A. Niskanen quotes
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“A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every job, and to find some villain for every dramatic accident risks an even larger loss of life and liberty.”
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“Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty, and it has made policy priorities more dependent on where TV journalists happen to point their cameras. . . . As a nation we have lost our sense of tragedy, a recognition that bad things happen to good people. A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every job, and to find some villain for every dramatic accident, risks an even larger loss of life and liberty.”
-- William A. Niskanen
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“I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.”
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“The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.”
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“...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.”
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“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
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