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Something Quotes by Milton Friedman
- When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and how he spends…
- When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the…
- 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…
- The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government official, a trade…
- To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. ... He recognizes no national…
- 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.…
- 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…
- I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there's something wrong,…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- I want people to take thought about their condition and to recognize that the maintainence of a free society is a very difficult and complicated…
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