Best Milton Friedman Thoughts
- The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. Comparison
- The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a… Around Government
- 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 greed?… All
- One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. Man
- The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government… Affect
- Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group… Argument
- See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug… Cartel
- I think that nothing is so important for freedom as recognizing in the law each individual’s natural right to property, and giving individuals a sense… Control
- A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. Both
- One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. April
- With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. Businessman
- Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that… Action
- We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather,… Available
- For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of… All
- Now here's somebody who wants to smoke a marijuana cigarette. If he's caught, he goes to jail. Now is that moral? Is that proper? I… Absolutely
- He moves fastest who moves alone. Alone
- There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves Buying
- I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on… Capital
- The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion… Buy
- I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from being greater. Bad
- The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn't do a thing for the people who are unemployed.… Down
- Keynes was a great economist. In every discipline, progress comes from people who make hypotheses, most of which turn out to be wrong, but all… All
- Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom,… Attract
- Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it… Absence
- The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum… Both
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