Dr. Lawrence W. Reed, Felix Rohatyn, Mark Skousen

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It constantly amazes me that defenders of the free market are expected to offer certainty and perfection while government has only to make promises and express good intentions. Many times, for instance, I’ve heard people say, 'A free market in education is a bad idea because some child somewhere might fall through the cracks,' even though in today's government school, millions of children are falling through the cracks every day.

-- Dr. Lawrence W. Reed

(1953-) President of the Foundation for Economic Education, economist, author

Source: Making the Case for Liberty Stick, The Freeman, p.791, December 1996.

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Lawrence.Reed.Quote.791B

"Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth;

it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy

that can provide employment for everyone able and willing to work."

-- Felix Rohatyn

(1928- ) American investment banker known for his role in preventing the bankruptcy of New York City in the 1970s, United States Ambassador to France, long term advisor to the U.S. Democratic Party

Source: Wall Street Journal, April 11, 1996.

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Felix.Rohatyn.Quote.C8BC

"No one spends someone else's money as carefully as he spends his own."

-- Mark Skousen

(1947-) American economist, investment analyst, newsletter editor, college professor and author

Source: Economics in One Page

http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Mark.Skousen.Quote.A2C0