"The evolution of government from its medieval, Mafia-like character to that embodying modern legal institutions and instruments is a major part of the history of freedom. It is a part that tends to be obscured or ignored because of the myopic vision of many economists, who persist in modeling government as nothing more than a gigantic form of theft and income redistribution."

-- Douglass North

#Character Quotes #Government Quotes #Vision Quotes

“People really don't want handouts, that they want to make their own decisions.”
“Itâ€™s not â€˜What do I want to do?â€™, itâ€™s â€˜What kind of life do I want to have?â€™Â ”
“One drop of that ocean is Hope, and the rest is fear.”
“Tis the established custom [in Vienna] for every lady to have two husbands, one that bears the name, and another that performs the duties.”
“We only think when we are confronted with problems.”
“Daddy gave me real useful information to protect me in the real world. If anyone hits me, I'm not to hit them back. I wait until their back is turned, then hit them in the head with a brick.”
“All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.”

Source : "Reader's Digest" Magazine, June 1964.
“Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.”

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