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Great Quotes by Milton Friedman
- The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home and free trade…
- You had a flood of immigrants, millions of them, coming to this country. What brought them here? It was the hope for a better life…
- 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…
- 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.
- The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to…
- The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce products that meet…
- The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
- 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…
- One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions, rather than their results. We all know a famous road that…
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