"There is no place for government to prohibit……" — Milton Friedman
"There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves"
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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 Buying Quotes
This quote is filed under Buying Quotes,
one of 804 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Buying is a profound pleasure.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
— Ed Begley, Jr.
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be…
— Lewis Black
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
— Roy Blount, Jr.
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Collecting is more than just buying objects.
— Eli Broad
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the…
— Joyce Brothers
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
— Warren Buffett
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I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want…
— Sandra Bullock
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