James Cook Quotes
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Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.
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When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.
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Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.
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The government is worst which governs most.
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There is no help from without, only from within.
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The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.
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Everybody lives an epic.
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Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.
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We are coerced into faith by our suffering.
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Taking money from job creating entrepreneurs and giving it to ever-failing government programs has to be the ultimate in economic illiteracy.
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In any given age it is only a few extremists who are right.
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Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.
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There is a reason and not a reason for everything.
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Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?
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It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.
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When you are aggrieved you learn.
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It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.
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People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.
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It's not capitalism that's failing the U.S. but socialism.
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Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race and gender rather than ability or talent. Such a system often overlooks the deserving and rewards the incompetent. There is no payoff for achievement.
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Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.
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There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand?
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Easier will always win out over harder.
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Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.