Country Quotes by Milton Friedman

To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them.

— Milton Friedman

On aging societies, there is no reason why a country that has a lot of old people can't be prosperous if, during…

— 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

The state of our educational system is a disgrace to our country. We have an elementary and secondary school system in which…

— Milton Friedman

To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. ... He…

— Milton Friedman

Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a…

— Milton Friedman

China's productive system draws upon the other East Asian countries to a great extent. The volume of trade is much larger than…

— Milton Friedman

If a country is an attractive place for foreigners to invest their funds, then that country will have a relatively high exchange…

— Milton Friedman

It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against…

— Milton Friedman

The countries that have risen and separated out as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union are, on the whole,…

— Milton Friedman

The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He…

— Milton Friedman

You had a flood of immigrants, millions of them, coming to this country. What brought them here? It was the hope for…

— Milton Friedman

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more…

— Milton Friedman

That's an interesting paradox to think about. Make it legal and it's no good. Why? Because as long as it's illegal the…

— Milton Friedman

. . I think the Adam Smith role was played in this cycle i.e. the late twentieth century collapse of socialism in…

— Milton Friedman

The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is…

— Milton Friedman

The problem is that, in a world of floating exchange rates, as Italy was before the euro, if one country is subjected…

— Milton Friedman

To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is…

— Milton Friedman

Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own.…

— Milton Friedman

World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them…

— Milton Friedman

I know of no severe depression, in any country or any time, that was not accompanied by a sharp decline in the…

— Milton Friedman