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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the prob

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. – Milton Friedman

Other quotes by 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

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architecture
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Milton Friedman
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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. – Milton Friedman

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Government
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Milton Friedman
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A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. – Voltaire

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Government

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. – Thomas Jefferson

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Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. – Mitch Daniels

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