Free Enterprise Quotes - Page 2

• Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage & preserving our values.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Heritage, Enterprise, Conservatism

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• The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism.

  James Cook

  Government, Media, Merit

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• Governments never supply prosperity.  At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work.  Usually they
  suppress it.

  Randy Gage

  Government, Prosperity, Enterprise

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• When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.

  Hannah Arendt

  Country, Freedom, Blessing

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• Capitalism means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters in political matters. Socialism means full government control of every sphere of the individuals life and the unrestricted supremacy of the government in its capacity as central board of production management.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Mean, Government, Political

  Ludwig Von Mises (1944). “Bureaucracy”

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• Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand left to unknown men who will be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Fighting, Men, Hands

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• The devaluation of words and promises regarding free enterprise is, in principle, worse than the devaluation of the rouble

  Dmitry Medvedev

  Promise, Principles, Enterprise

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• Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican.

  Heather Wilson

  Fighting, Pro Life, Second Amendment

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• The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production. And the way to do that, as the modern world has discovered, is through the system known as capitalism - the system of private property, free markets, and free enterprise.

  Henry Hazlitt

  World, Incentives, Way

  Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.95, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.

  Milton Friedman

  Enterprise

  Milton Friedman - Big Business, Big Government, www.youtube.com. September 14, 2012.

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• ...free enterprise, [is] a term that refers, in practice, to a system of public subsidy and private profit, with massive government intervention in the economy to maintain a welfare state for the rich.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Practice, Political

  Noam Chomsky (2011). “How the World Works”, p.64, Soft Skull Press

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• The Family of Man is more than 3 billion strong. It lives in more than 100 nations. Most of its members are not white. Most of them are not Christians. Most of them know nothing about free enterprise or due process of law or the Australian ballot.

  John F. Kennedy

  Christian, Strong, Men

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

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• Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been, never will be, room for the ruthless exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.

  Harry S. Truman

  Believe, Political, Principles

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• Free enterprise means that the more enterprising you are, the freer you are.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Mean, Enterprise, Enterprising

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• We stand for the maintenance of private property... We shall protect free enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible economic order.

  Adolf Hitler

  Order, Tyrants, Maintenance

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• The Fed was largely responsible for converting what might have been a garden-variety recession, although perhaps a fairly severe one, into a major catastrophe. Instead of using its powers to offset the depression, it presided over a decline in the quantity of money by one-third from 1929 to 1933 ... Far from the depression being a failure of the free-enterprise system, it was a tragic failure of government.

  Milton Friedman

  Garden, Government, Investing

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• Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.

  Reince Priebus

  Strong, Opportunity, Government

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• I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican."

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Military, Party, Government

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead money can furnish a meaningful life to sold-out souls is the supreme lie offered by the system of free enterprise.

  Gerry Spence

  Meaningful, Money, Lying

  Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Barack Obama doesn't believe in free enterprise. He's never going to admit it. For instance, he's never going to come straight out and say, 'If you own a business you didn't build it.' Alright, maybe he will.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Enterprise, Barack

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• Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Wealth Creation, Satisfaction, Enterprise

  Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. June 23, 2010.

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• Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

  C. Wright Mills

  Business, Father, Winning

  C. Wright Mills (2002). “White Collar: The American Middle Classes”, p.36, Oxford University Press

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• Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.

  Ray Kroc

  Pride, Achievement, Risk

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.161, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.

  Mitt Romney

  Opportunity, Years, People

  Interview with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. April 8, 2012.

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• Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Government, Data, Support

  Arthur C. Brooks (2011). “The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future”, p.13, Basic Books

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