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Political Quotes by Milton Friedman
- Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic freedom is also…
- Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces the…
- The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited, if there is…
- Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know the…
- The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.
- 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.…
- If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get a secure base…
- Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe…
- I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to independent, objective research.…
- Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
- I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that…
- If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
- Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.
- Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
- Governments never learn. Only people learn.
- Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
- And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon…
- 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.
- 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…
- I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political…
- Economic freedom is ... an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom.
- 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
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