Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
MILTON FRIEDMANNothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
More Milton Friedman Quotes
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Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
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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.
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Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.
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We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
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The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.
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One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.
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With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.
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I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
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You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.
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The essential notion of a capitalist society … is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
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In the 1960s, The National Education Association changed its character. The NEA changed into a union. And from that point on you can see deterioration in the quality of schooling in the United States.
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A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.
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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
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