"Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover……" — Milton Friedman
"Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless."
—
Milton Friedman
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
195 Quotes by Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman has 195 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly…
-
Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of…
-
My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving…
-
Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself…
-
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or…
-
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force…
-
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society…
-
The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people,…
-
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use…
-
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they…
-
The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of…
-
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism…
See all 195 quotes by Milton Friedman »
More Combination Quotes
This quote is filed under Combination Quotes,
one of 944 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and…
— Julie Bishop
-
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
-
I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage…
— Alain de Botton
-
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
— Nadia Boulanger
-
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves,…
— Richard Branson
-
Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there…
— Mel Brooks
-
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying…
— Alvar Aalto
-
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
-
The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the…
— Alvar Aalto
-
What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
— A. S. Byatt
-
My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including…
— Herman Cain
-
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a…
— Billy Campbell
See all 944 Combination Quotes »