Dollars Quote by Milton Friedman

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

— Milton Friedman

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

To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles.

— Milton Friedman

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

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

“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

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

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

— Milton Friedman

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

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

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

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

— Milton Friedman