Quote by Milton Friedman
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. – Milton Friedman

Other quotes by Milton Friedman

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That 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

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Government
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What kind of society isnt structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system. – Milton Friedman

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Capitalism
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If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years thered be a shortage of sand. – Milton Friedman

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Government
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Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. – Mia Hamm

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I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making ones life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. – David Rockefeller

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good

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friends garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together. – Steve Jobs

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good

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America? – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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good

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Trust everybody, but cut the cards. – Finley Peter Dunne

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Trust

During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved. – Melissa Bean

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Medical

I make serious coffee — so strong it wakes up the neighbors. – Author Unknown

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Coffee

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian. – George F. Kennan

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