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In the constrained vision, with justice as with everything else, “the best is the enemy of the good.”
A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?
Doch eine Gesellschaft ohne Alternativen wird ihre Freiheit, ihren sozialen Frieden, ihren Wohlstand und schließlich auch ihre Demokratie verlieren.
Vom Verlust Der Freiheit
Raymond Unger
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