[Jim Robinson]

Government can’t produce wealth, sustain wealth, or even redistribute wealth. It can only destroy wealth—or—stay out of the way and let the productive segments of our free-market economy produce it.

[loveliberty2]

Thanks, Jim!

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." (George Washington)

[detective]

“Government can’t produce wealth, sustain wealth, or even redistribute wealth. It can only destroy wealth—or—stay out of the way and let the productive segments of our free-market economy produce it.”

Excellent post. Excellent point.

Is that a quote or is it original?