64 Quotes by Larry Elder

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    Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

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    To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.

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    America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

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    Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.

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    Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

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    My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

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    Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

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    Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

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