Milton Friedman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Milton Friedman quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased economist born on Jul 31, 1912). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 37 we have for him.
“The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.”
“The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.”
“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.”
“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
“Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.”
“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”
“The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.”
“The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people.”
“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.”
“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.”
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