When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana. $7.7 billion is a lot of money, but that is one of… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Japan has introduced fiscal stimulus five times in the past seven or eight years and each time it's been a failure and… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Significant changes in the growth rate of money supply, even small ones, impact the financial markets first. Then, they impact changes in… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The state of our educational system is a disgrace to our country. We have an elementary and secondary school system in which… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next… — 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
