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I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.

John Stossel

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John Stossel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 4
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Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations provide a false sense of security - and that's worth less than no sense of security at all.
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Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?
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Unions say, 'Education of the children is too important to be left to the vagaries of the market.' The opposite is true. Education is too important to be left to the calcified union/government monopoly.
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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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A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds of billions of coerced taxpayer dollars at the disposal of the winners will tend to attract men and women with a comparative advantage in manipulation.
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I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.
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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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Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.
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As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.
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The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.
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It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.
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Well, who is more likely to volunteer to take a job in a bureaucracy that has little to recommend it except that it gives you the power to use government force to control the lives of others? A dispassionate scientist or a zealot? In government, the zealots eventually take over.
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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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People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
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We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers.
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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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Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust.
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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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The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.
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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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