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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

With respect to teachers’ salaries …. Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Determination Difference Oppression Poor Respect Teaching
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Greatness Judgement Mistake Oneself Politics Result
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
When 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.
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Direction Government Improvement Philosophy
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
The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.
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Choice Destruction Liberty Necessary
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.
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Funny Government Politics Rule Yourself
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
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Absence Freedom Men Politics
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Devotion Energy Government Management Politics
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
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Bad Government Liberty Problem
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
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Government People Philosophy Problem Protection
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
You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Care Freedom Yourself
You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.
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Argument Opponents Right Understand View Yourself
Only a crisis, actual or perceived, produces real change.
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Change Politics Reality
A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.
MILTON FRIEDMAN

Employment Law Limitation Money Person Reality Skill

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