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Henry Hazlitt Quotes Page 1 of 1Henry Hazlitt November 28, 1894 - July 8, 1993 Nationality: American Category: Philosopher Subcategory: American Philosopher
| The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups. | A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. | The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians. | The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector. | The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it. |
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