“Punishment? Reward! Punishment? Reward!”
Nick Cave (1957) Australian musician
Song lyrics, Mutiny (1993), Mutiny in Heaven
“The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.”
Source: Liberty A to Z (2004), p. 76
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