Protect Quotes by Milton Friedman

8 Protect quotes by Milton Friedman

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Friedman’s market‑oriented view appears in eight short lines, arguing that economic liberty itself serves as a shield against oppression.

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Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should…

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The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country. He…

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How can we keep the government we create from becoming a Frankenstein that will destroy the very freedom we establish it to…

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The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home…

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Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

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Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should…

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Business corporations in general are not defenders of free enterprise. On the contrary, they are one of the chief sources of danger…Every…

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See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to…

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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

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I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point…

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To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles.

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It is a mark of how far we have gone on the road to serfdom that government allocation and rationing of oil is the…

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Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces…

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“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government…

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When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought…

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The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

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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?!

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World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have…

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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…

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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…

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I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

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It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability.…

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Hong Kong is the bellwether. If the Chinese stick to their agreement to let Hong Kong go its own path, then China will also…

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