Milton Friedman on possible
Milton Friedman74 quotes“I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible.”
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We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the people who are hurt most by higher minimums are the most poverty stricken.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Society doesn’t have values. People have values.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman I’m in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman You know there are very few Marxists left in the world they’re all in American universities.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Every person shall be free to do good at his own expense.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman With respect to teachers’ salaries …. Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don’t be surprised if you get unemployment.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman The word ‘free’ is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with ‘freedom.’ The word ‘fair’ is not used in either of our founding documents.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Lionel MessiLionel Messi Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible!
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.
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Ayn RandAyn Rand Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill You have to do everything possible to win no matter what.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Schwarzenegger
