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Their wordsI have argued elsewhere that far more progress took place under the equal opportunity phase of the civil rights movement than has taken place under the affirmative action phase.
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The market lets ordinary people make their own decisions, which is why some intellectuals dislike it
Their wordsthe market allows ordinary people to go out there and make their own decisions.
Their wordsI suppose if I gave one turning point it would be when I took a job in the government, in the Labor Department, in 1960. When I saw all these ideas I believed in, being put into practice I became horrified.
Their wordsthere is no group of people who have either so much greater intelligence or so much greater morality that they ought to be trusted with running the lives of the rest of us.
Their wordsI don't believe that the market is really magic. The market operates where property rights can be and have been defined.
Their wordsConversely, most laws designed to improve the positions of ethnic groups have not been effective either.
Their wordsI think that's one of the great tragic mistakes of our time. History is absolutely irrevocable, no matter who is in office.
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