I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
There have been unions based on gold or silver, but not on fiat money - money tempted to inflate - put out… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Since the 1930s the technique of buying votes with the voters' own money has been expanded to an extent undreamed of by… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It all would have been much better if individuals saved for their own old age. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The Depression, which started in 1929 was rather mild from 1929 to 1930. And, indeed, in my opinion would have been over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As a nation, we have been responsible for the murder of literally hundreds of thousands of people at home and abroad by… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I think it's a scandal what has been happening in the school system so far as lower income classes. The dropout rates,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The evidence of history speaks with a single voice. I do not know any exception to the proposition that if you compare… — 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… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
No central banker would disagree with the proposition that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon. Not one of them will disagree that… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The Great Depression in the United States was caused - I won't say caused, was enormously intensified and made far worse than… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
My monetary studies have led me to the conclusion that central banks could profitably be replaced by computers geared to provide a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If instead of looking at income, you look at levels of consumption, if anything that's become more equal. The fraction of families… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The important issue is not how much inequality there is but how much opportunity there is for individuals to get out of… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The major basis for my opposition to marijuana prohibition has not been how badly it's worked, the fact that it's produced much… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Italy may well be the main problem. It has benefited most from the euro by having been able to get the euro… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The Fed was largely responsible for converting what might have been a garden-variety recession, although perhaps a fairly severe one, into a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to… — 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
When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political… — 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
Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in… — 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
