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John Stossel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 4
Journalist
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Television Presenter
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Chicago Heights
Illinois
John Frank Stossel
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David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.
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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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All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.
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Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?
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When workers can get and equal return for less effort, workers make less effort
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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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Where I live in Manhattan and where I work at ABC, people say conservative the way people say child molester.
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It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.
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Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor.
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Wealthier is healthier.
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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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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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'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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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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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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I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word.
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