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The government doesn’t have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

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

Freedom Government Liberty Myself Principle
The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.
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Achievement Civilization Government Greatness
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
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Food Freedom
A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.
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Employment Law Limitation Money Person Reality Skill
Governments never learn. Only people learn.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Government Learning People Philosophy Rule
The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
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Destruction Hands Politics Power
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
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Greatness Judgement Mistake Oneself Politics Result
Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.
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Change Politics Reality
If you cannot state a proposition clearly and unambiguously, you do not understand it.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Law Rule Talk Understand Yourself
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.
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Creation Harm Intention Liberty Power
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.
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Business Government Rule
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 Himself Mindset Myself Principle Reality
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.
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Difference Freedom Independence Word
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.
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Drugs Illegal Kill Myself People Right Support
Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.
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Care Himself Independent Money
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.
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Employment Goodness Job People

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