Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
MILTON FRIEDMANMost of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
MILTON FRIEDMANThere’s no doubt in my mind that Ronald Reagan was by far the greatest. Because he had real principles and he stuck by them. He made clear what he was going to do, and he did it. He didn’t back down.
MILTON FRIEDMANWhen everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the Soviet Union – like public housing in the United States – look decrepit within a year or two of their construction.
MILTON FRIEDMANYou know there are very few Marxists left in the world they’re all in American universities.
MILTON FRIEDMANI 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 FRIEDMANGovernments never learn. Only people learn.
MILTON FRIEDMANGovernment is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else.
MILTON FRIEDMANHell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
MILTON FRIEDMANIf you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it.
MILTON FRIEDMANWe have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
MILTON FRIEDMANConcentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
MILTON FRIEDMANSociety doesn’t have values. People have values.
MILTON FRIEDMANYou must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business.
MILTON FRIEDMANThere are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.
MILTON FRIEDMANThe most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
MILTON FRIEDMANI 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 FRIEDMAN