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More Quotes by Milton Friedman
Society doesn't have values. People have values.
If capitalism worked as the socialists think an economic system ought to work, and provided a constant equality of living conditions for all, regardless of whether a man was able or not, resourceful or not, diligent or not, thrifty or not, if capitalism put no premiums on resourcefulness and effort and not penalty on idleness or vice, it would produce only an equality of destitution.
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.
The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
The word 'free' is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with 'freedom.' The word 'fair' is not used in either of our founding documents.
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
