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The word 'racism' is like ket...

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'

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The first lesson of economics...

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

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The least productive people a...

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

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It takes considerable knowled...

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

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Freedom has cost too much blo...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

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The most basic question is no...

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

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Life in general has never bee...

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

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The most fundamental fact abo...

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

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Would you bet your paycheck o...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?

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Prices are important not beca...

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.

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Do countries with strong gun ...

Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.

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Hyperinflation can take virtu...

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.

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The big divide in this countr...

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

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The real goal should be reduc...

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

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People who enjoy meetings sho...

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

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The problem isn't that Johnny...

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

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If you are not prepared to us...

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

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The biggest and most deadly '...

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.

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It is amazing that people who...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.

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Both free speech rights and p...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....