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Milton Friedman quotes

American Economist July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006

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Even the most ardent environmentalist doesn't really want to stop pollution. If he thinks about it, and doesn't just talk about it, he wants to have the right amount of pollution. We can't really afford to eliminate it - not without abandoning all the benefits of technology that we not only enjoy but on which we depend. Milton Friedman
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? . . . And just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us. Milton Friedman
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. Milton Friedman
The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government. Milton Friedman
It is because it's prohibited. See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true. Milton Friedman
. . . there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. Milton Friedman
I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal. Milton Friedman
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. Milton Friedman
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman quote: "Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to..."
Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman quote: "Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler..."
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? Milton Friedman
I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle. Milton Friedman
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman quote: "One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship."
One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman quote: "Society doesn't have values. People have values."
Society doesn't have values. People have values. Milton Friedman

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