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    The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you read more

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

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The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.

The truth is, President Bush provides the right rhetoric, but then pursues all the wrong policies.

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Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and read more

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.

Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If read more

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it

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The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.

by Calvin Coolidge Found in: Economics Quotes,
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Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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