The rule of law does not guarantee freedom, since general law as well as personal edicts can be tyrannical. But increasing reliance… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If the US government spends 40 percent of the nation's income, as it does through either borrowing or taxes, that income is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
. . . it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and… — 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
A free society releases the energies and abilities of people to pursue their own objectives. It prevents some people from arbitrarily suppressing… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are "protected". The harm which a tariff does is invisible.… — 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
