"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government…" — Milton Friedman
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
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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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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
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We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe…
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The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.
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Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.
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I actually get more conservative when I'm in Vegas.
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A government of laws, and not of men.
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Good for you, you have a heart, you can be a liberal. Now, couple your heart with your brain, and…
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What does it mean to be a conservative? I don't even know anymore. I know what it means to me.…
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I am a conservative, but I am not a zombie.
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No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on…
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When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.
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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them…
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