"Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical……" — Milton Friedman
"Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a good thing. It's a good thing for the illegal immigrants. It's a good thing for the United States. It's a good thing for the citizens of the country. But, it's only good so long as its illegal."
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Milton Friedman
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195 Quotes by Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman has 195 quotes on this site.
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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly…
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Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of…
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My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving…
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Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself…
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Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or…
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Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force…
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The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society…
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The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people,…
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Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use…
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they…
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The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of…
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A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism…
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It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that…
— William Bartram
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House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs,…
— John Boehner
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
— Tony Abbott
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Fifty thousand people in Mexico have been murdered. Puerto Penasco, 60 miles south of our border, just had five people…
— Jan Brewer
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Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.
— George W. Bush
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Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.
— Jeb Bush
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanahu made it real clear. They're willing to be generous on some other concessions but not on…
— Herman Cain
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The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right…
— Herman Cain
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
— Pablo Casals
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We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is…
— Paul Cellucci
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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to…
— Eric Clapton
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but…
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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