William E. Simon Quotes

• Los malos políticos son enviados a Washington por gente buena que no vota.

  William E. Simon

  People, Political, Voting

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• If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.

  William E. Simon

  Gun, Government, Liberty

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• Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking.

  William E. Simon

  Love, Freedom, Breathing

  William E. Simon (1979). “Time for Truth”, Berkley

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• El hecho a lo largo de la historia es que siempre que el gobierno domina los asuntos económicos de sus ciudadanos, una sociedad libre se erosiona, luego se destruye y sobreviene un gobierno minoritario. La libertad personal sin libertad económica es una contradicción absoluta; la una no puede existir sin la otra.

  William E. Simon

  Government, Liberty, Minorities

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• The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

  William E. Simon

  Government, People, Groups

  William E. Simon (1979). “Time for Truth”, Berkley

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• If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

  William E. Simon

  Jobs, Want, Helping

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• The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.

  William E. Simon

  Cheese, Failing, Advantage

  William E. Simon, Gerald R. Ford, George P. Shultz, John M. Caher (2013). “A Time for Reflection: An Autobiography”, p.198, Regnery Publishing

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• Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

  William E. Simon

  Healthy, Ethical, Parasites

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• The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

  William E. Simon

  Political, Looks, Purpose

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• Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

  William E. Simon

  Passion, Commitment, Generosity

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• I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.

  William E. Simon

  Odio, Creer, Gente

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• Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty of others?

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  Spiritual, Father, Liberty

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• Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.

  William E. Simon

  Jobs, Innovation, Growth

  William E. Simon (1979). “Time for Truth”, Berkley

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• Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other.

  William E. Simon

  Liberty, Libertarian, Economic

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• Friedmans influence reaches far beyond the academic community and the world of economics. Rather than lock himself in an ivory tower, he has joined the fray to fight for the survival of this great country of ours.

  William E. Simon

  Country, Fighting, Ivory Tower

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• Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

  William E. Simon

  Writing, Important, Charity

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