"Many people want the government to protect the……" — Milton Friedman
"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government."
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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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More Consumer Quotes
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I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and…
— Paul Auster
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I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I'm generous. I give good tips. It's just - the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don't…
— Paul Auster
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a…
— Dan Aykroyd
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If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product…
— Michael D. Barnes
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Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never…
— Dave Barry
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Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying…
— William Bernbach
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The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
— Julie Bishop
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My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought…
— Elayne Boosler
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I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I…
— Richard Branson
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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It's very hard to imagine the phrase 'consumer society' used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.
— Julie Burchill
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