"The government doesn't have any money. The only……" — Milton Friedman

"The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others."

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…
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…

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