Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
"Free markets" is a very general term. There are all sorts of problems that will emerge. Free markets work best when the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A society that aims for equality before liberty will end up with neither equality nor liberty. And a society that aims first… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The only reason there is a crisis about Social Security in the US and pensions in Europe and Japan is that you… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A society that puts equality - in the sense of equality of outcome - ahead of freedom will end up with neither… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If China don't free up the political side, its economic growth will come to an end - while it is still at… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In response to a suggestion that total free trade would end in cheaper foreign products flooding the market and causing unemployment. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A society that puts equality — in the sense of equality of outcome — ahead of freedom will end up with neither… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
You can travel from one end of the industrialized world to the other and almost the only people you will find engaging… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of… — 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
