Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.

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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse for any reason whenever it's

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse for any reason whenever it's possible.

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History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

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