There’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.

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There’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.

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Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything like political freedom: the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything like political freedom: the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Bad Government Liberty Problem
I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.
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There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Business Design Game Oneself Responsibility Rule
The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Company Money Profit Responsibility
The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Achievement Civilization Government Greatness
The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn’t do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn’t do a thing for them.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn’t do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn’t do a thing for them.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

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Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

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Society doesn’t have values. People have values.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Society doesn’t have values. People have values.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

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Since the 1930s the technique of buying votes with the voters’ own money has been expanded to an extent undreamed of by earlier politicians.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Since the 1930s the technique of buying votes with the voters’ own money has been expanded to an extent undreamed of by earlier politicians.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

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There’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 FRIEDMAN

There’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 FRIEDMAN

Doubt Greatness Mindset Principle Reality
I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible.
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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.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Country Freedom Patriot
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
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 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 FRIEDMAN

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Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.

MILTON FRIEDMAN

Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.
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There’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.

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