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People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

John Stossel

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John Stossel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 4
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John Frank Stossel
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Asking someone in the media about liberal bias is like asking a fish about water. 'Huh, what are you talking about? Where is it?'
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A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.
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David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.
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The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.
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'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.
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What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.'
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It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.
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I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.
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I was a closet stutterer.
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The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.
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Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.
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Patrick Henry didn't say, Give me safety, or give me death.
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Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.
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We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers.
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The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly how good things happen, and how jobs are created. When government sets simple rules that everyone understands and then gets out of the way, free people create jobs.
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Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions.
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Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.
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Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.
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