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...[I]f we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and bureaucrats know we will not tolerate further encroachment on our God-given rights to liberty.
Walter E. Williams
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Walter E. Williams
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Died: 2020
Died: December 1
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Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.
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Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you.
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Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow.
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Students who are alien and hostile to the education process ought to be removed. You say, What will we do with them? I say that's a secondary issue. The first priority is to stop thugs from making education impossible for everyone else.
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We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday. ... we must come to the realization that laws and regulations alone cannot produce a civilized society. It's morality that is society's first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.
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Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.
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