"In the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster."
Sir John James Cowperthwaite, Hong Kong Financial Secretary from 1961 to 1971.
Dugoročno gledano, sveukupan broj odluka pojedinačnih privrednika, donošenjem vlastitih prosuđivanja u slobodnoj ekonomiji, čak i ako bi često bili u zabludi, je vjerovatno manje štetno nego centralizovano odlučivanje Vlade, a zasigurno je vjerovatno da će tako i šteta biti brže neutralisana.
Sir John James Cowperthwaite, Financijski Sekretar Hong Konga od 1961 do 1971.
“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”
- Thomas Sowell
"Nevjerovatno je to da ljudi koji misle da si ne možemo priuštiti da plaćamo za ljekare, bolnice i lijekove takođe misle da si nekako možemo priuštiti da plaćamo za ljekare, bolnice, lijekove i državnu birokratiju koja će svim time upravljati." - Thomas Sowell