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A society that puts equality — in the sense of equality of outcome — ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.
— Milton Friedman
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Today is Wednesday, September 6th, the 249th day of 2023. There are 116 days left in the year. It is Great Egg Toss Day, Fight Procrastination Day, National Read a Book Day, and National Coffee Ice Cream Day.
On This Day
In 1628, Puritans settled Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
In 1861, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly captured Paducah, Kentucky.
In 1901, Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shot and fatally wounded President William McKinley in Buffalo.
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