"The essential notion of a capitalist society ...……" — Milton Friedman
"The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force."
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195 Quotes by Milton Friedman
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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 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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Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in…
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Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists.
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Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the…
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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and…
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When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of…
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The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their…
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Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it…
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