Milton Friedman on business
Milton Friedman74 quotes“Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.”
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I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That’s literally true.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Governments never learn. Only people learn.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman You never can cure poverty. Poverty is in the eye of the beholder.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The great virtue of a free market is that it enables people who hate each other, or who are from vastly different religious or ethnic backgrounds, to cooperate economically. Government intervention can’t do that.
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