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On Wall Street there are plenty of free lunches but no free markets.
Generally speaking, the smaller the business the more it resembles the
great myths of capitalism. If you want to find out what free enterprise
is really about talk to a street vendor and not a Fortune 500 executive.
- Sam Smith

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"A breakdown in communications," if you listen carefully to the eleven
o'clock news, is the source of all human problems viz: "Police officials
blamed the accidental shooting of three orphans in a drug bust on 7th
Street on a breakdown in communications." - Sam Smith

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The more high placed is the person to whom one introduces a new idea,
the more likely this individual is to be uncomfortable, dismissive, or
suddenly in need of another drink. Unchallenged myopia is one of the
most cherished privileges of power. - Sam Smith

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Laws should be handled like prescription drugs, but many of our
politicians think of them as being more like popcorn or M&Ms --
something to munch on. This is unfortunate since much of America's
success to date can be traced to one simple rule: don't make too many
rules. Much of America's failure to date has come from ignoring this
rule. - Sam Smith

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Throughout history, community order has largely grown out of the
cooperation and effectiveness of individuals, schools, families, and the
strength and local institutions. The police have been there not to
maintain order, or even to define it, but to assist and protect the
community and to intervene in those rare cases the normal community
systems can't handle. One should not expect the fire department to come
over and cook your dinner safely or light the logs in your fireplace;
nor should one expect the police to replace the normal functions of
individuals, families, and community institutions. Yet that is precisely
what we have done. . - Sam Smith

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Whatever the source, it now takes longer, requires more paper, and stirs
up more intimations of liability to do almost anything worthwhile than
it once did. While our rhetoric overflows with phrases like
"entrepreneurship" and "risk-taking," the average enterprise of any
magnitude is actually characterized by cringing caution with carefully
constructed emergency exits leading from every corner of chance. We have
been taught that were we to move unprotected into time and space, they
might implode into us. Every law office is a testament to our fear and
lack of trust. - Sam Smith

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