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 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 FRIEDMANThe excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.
MILTON FRIEDMANThe combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
MILTON FRIEDMANSociety doesn’t have values. People have values.
MILTON FRIEDMANEvery economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That’s not a statement, it’s a definition.
MILTON FRIEDMANGovernment is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else.
MILTON FRIEDMANEvery person shall be free to do good at his own expense.
MILTON FRIEDMANIf you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.
MILTON FRIEDMANHell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
MILTON FRIEDMANThere’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.
MILTON FRIEDMANSee, 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 FRIEDMANAnything that government can do, private enterprise can do for half the cost.
MILTON FRIEDMANThe most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
MILTON FRIEDMANThe growing role that the government has played in financing and administering schooling has led not only the enormous waste of taxpayers money but also to a far poorer educational system.
MILTON FRIEDMANIn 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.
MILTON FRIEDMANThere’s no point in comparing an actual, operating system with an ideal system that doesn’t exist.
MILTON FRIEDMAN