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Capitalism Quotes by Milton Friedman
- Viewed as a means to the end of political freedom, economic arrangements are important because of their effect on the concentration or dispersion of power.…
- The Federal Reserve the privately owned U.S. central bank definitely caused The Great Depression by contracting the amount of currency in circulation by one third…
- To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is proud of a…
- Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.
- There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals…
- Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power.
- There is only one social responsibility of business
- So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the…
- The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.
- The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory…
- The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of…
- Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?
- History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
- Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive.
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. History suggests that capitalism is a necessary…
- History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom
- What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do…
More Capitalism Quotes
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
- Well, capitalism is going to grow and grow. The nature of it is that the guy who has the most poker chips… — Simon Baker
- Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
- You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is… — Bernard Baruch
- Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the… — John Berger
- Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. — Frank Borman
- I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American… — Warren Buffett
- I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism. — Jeb Bush
- Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. — Orson Scott Card
- Liberal capitalism is not perfect, but compared to the other 'isms,' it's far superior. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. — Fidel Castro