If you put the federal government in charge of the sahara desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand. — Milton Friedman
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make — Milton Friedman
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way — Milton Friedman
Columbus did not seek a new route to the indies in response to a majority directive. — Milton Friedman
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. — Milton Friedman
Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the united states into an armed camp — Milton Friedman
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? — Milton Friedman
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie — Milton Friedman
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. — Milton Friedman
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit. — Milton Friedman
The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. — Milton Friedman
The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm — Milton Friedman
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. — Milton Friedman
Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn’t run on greed? — Milton Friedman