Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
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
Economic freedom is ... an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Freedom means diversity but also mobility. It preserves the opportunity for today's disadvantaged to become tomorrow's privileged and, in the process, enables… — 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
Keynes was a great economist. In every discipline, progress comes from people who make hypotheses, most of which turn out to be… — 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
Socialism, in the traditional sense, meant government ownership and operation of the means of production. Outside of North Korea and a couple… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else's resources as carefully as he uses… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What happened was that for every $100 of money, by which I mean the cash that people keep in their pockets, and… — 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
But on the other hand, if you come under circumstances where each person is entitled to a pro-rata share of the pot,… — 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
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to… — 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
