Want Quotes by Milton Friedman

“A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what…

— Milton Friedman

What most people really object to when they object to a free market is that it is so hard for them to…

— Milton Friedman

The difference between me and people like Murray Rothbard is that, though I want to know what my ideal is, I think…

— Milton Friedman

We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage. If you want to create a shortage of…

— Milton Friedman

I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to…

— Milton Friedman

I want people to take thought about their condition and to recognize that the maintenance of a free society is a very…

— Milton Friedman

Even the most ardent environmentalist doesn't really want to stop pollution. If he thinks about it, and doesn't just talk about it,…

— Milton Friedman

If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get…

— Milton Friedman

If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding,…

— Milton Friedman

The lesson for Asia is; if you have a central bank, have a floating exchange rate; if you want to have a…

— Milton Friedman

Now here's somebody who wants to smoke a marijuana cigarette. If he's caught, he goes to jail. Now is that moral? Is…

— Milton Friedman

Economists may not know much. But we know one thing very well: how to produce surpluses and shortages. Do you want a…

— Milton Friedman

I want people to take thought about their condition and to recognize that the maintainence of a free society is a very…

— Milton Friedman

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

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

The central banks cannot control interest rates. That's a mistake. They can control a particular rate, such as the Federal Funds rate,…

— Milton Friedman

The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the…

— Milton Friedman

The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care…

— Milton Friedman