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
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon was a very intelligent and able man. And he had the right ideas. But he did not have the adherence… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
. . I think the Adam Smith role was played in this cycle i.e. the late twentieth century collapse of socialism in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are… — 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
![“Richard Nixon was a very intelligent and able man. And he had the right ideas. But he did not have the adherence to principles that [Ronald] Reagan had. He did some very good things. We owe to Richard Nixon the volunteer army - he got rid of the draft. And that was a major increase in freedom.” quote by Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d1/milton-friedman-616_able_richard-nixon-was-a-very-intelligent-and_1337531.jpg)
