You must distinguish sharply between being pro free enterprise and being pro business. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Anything that government can do, private enterprise can do for half the cost. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“. . . there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What does it mean to say that government might have a responsibility? Government can't have a responsibility any more than the business… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
They think that the cure to big government is to have bigger government... the only effective cure is to reduce the scope… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“a private enterprise is a failure, it closes down—unless it can get a government subsidy to keep it going; if a government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It doesn't worry me a bit that China and Japan hold so much US debt. In a way, it seems foolish for… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If we have system in which government is in a position to give large favor - it's human nature to try to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Speeches by businessmen on social responsibility...may gain them kudos in the short run. But it helps to strengthen the already too prevalent… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I have long been a critic of Social Security, basically because I believe that it is not the business of government to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
You could not possibly maintain the current level of government taxation without the taxes being hidden, and they are hidden in two… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“There is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The future of private enterprise capitalism is also the future of a free society. There is no possibility of having a politically… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Business corporations in general are not defenders of free enterprise. On the contrary, they are one of the chief sources of danger…Every… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, there are only two ways of co-ordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion—the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What you have as a result of past policies is that German entrepreneurs go outside of Germany for many of their activities.… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A private enterprise system needs some measuring rod, it needs something, it needs money to make its transactions. You can't run a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Germany has a very able and productive workforce. It has high-quality products that are valued all over the world. It has every… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is a mark of how far we have gone on the road to serfdom that government allocation and rationing of oil is the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What would the people who sold us goods do with the money? They'd get dollars. What would they do with the dollars? Eat them?! — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
