"Most of the energy of political work is……" — Milton Friedman
"Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of 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 Correcting Quotes
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one of 121 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service…
— Roger Babson
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
— John Wooden
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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm…
— Confucius
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[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best…
— Carl Sagan
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Science is continually correcting what it has said. Fertile corrections... science is a ladder... poetry is a winged flight... An…
— Victor Hugo
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Scientists are human-they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is…
— Unknown Author
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
— Woodrow Wilson
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What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is…
— G. M. Trevelyan
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The best way is to read it all every day from the start, correcting as you go along, then go…
— Ernest Hemingway
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The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing…
— Mortimer Adler
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The 'environmental crisis' has happened because the human household or economy is in conflict at almost every point with the…
— Wendell Berry
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