Quote by Milton Friedman
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for poli

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. – 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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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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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. – Milton Friedman

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good
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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Freedom – an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day. – John Ralston Saul

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Freedom

Freedom is a mans natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Freedom

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. – Mortimer Adler

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Freedom

If its total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesnt even have to play. – Alice Cooper

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Freedom

Random Quotes

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect so why bother. – Tre Cool

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Future

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good. – John Charles Polanyi

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Science

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. – Julius Caesar

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Attitude

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Hope