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Human action is purposeful behavior.


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Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.



The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.



[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics



The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.



Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.



The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.



If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.



The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.



Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.



Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.





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Things are just things, they can't bring back the dead.It just makes me feel better. - Hiiragi



Attend to your Configuration.

Attend to your Configuration.



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We meet all life's greatest tests alone.



The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far as its necessities might require.

The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far as its necessities might require.



May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary

May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary



It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.

It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.



The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.



If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.

If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community.



Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.



I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.

I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.




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