Good intentions Quote by Milton Friedman Download Open image “Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” — Milton Friedman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Good intentions Power
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many. — Maggie Kuhn Copy Share Image
The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil. — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
Being harmless means being so strong, so empowered, that the idea of showing power through harm is not even a part of your consciousness. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so,… — Elliot Richardson Copy Share Image
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is a mark of how far we have gone on the road to serfdom that government allocation and rationing of oil is the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When you have a time of crisis what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What would the people who sold us goods do with the money? They'd get dollars. What would they do with the dollars? Eat them?! — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
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… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“When it comes to smarts, adolescents like Jesse have plenty. What they lack, however, are some of the brain-based skills that we all need to plan and direct activities, to regulate behavior, and to make efficient and effective use of these smarts. The trouble does not show up in math or reading; rather, it shows up when they need to… — Richard Guare Copy Share
After she got hurt by someone that she cared about, she's so scared to get attached again. Do you know what kind of effect getting hurt does to a girl's head? It changes her personality. It makes her more protective of herself by putting up this wall to block anybody out who tries to get in. It taught her to… — CallHerShorty Copy Share
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
No one is born with good character; it's not a hereditary trait. And it isn't determined by a single noble act. Character is established… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
“The idea is that your clients are looking for good suggestions, and they don’t mind sifting through some not-so-good ones as long as they’re… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy. — Gen Urobuchi Copy Share Image
“There is an important difference between openness and naïveté. Not everyone has good intentions nor means me well. I remind myself I do not… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I reach out in love, my hands are guns, my good intentions are completely lethal.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how… — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
“It wasn't good, he wasn't good, he did not have good intentions. I stood there, and he stood there. He breathed out the bitter… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“Map-making had never been a precise art on the Discworld. People tended to start off with good intentions and then get so carried away… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image