"Government can screw up just about everything. Given enough power and time it will screw up everything."

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Source: Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. Book by W.C. Seitz, p.58, In conversation with Seitz, 1983.

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Mark Thornton

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Mark Thornton is an economist known for his work on the effects of government policies on freedom and market dynamics.

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