The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And thats why its so essential to preserving individual freedom. – Milton Friedman
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. – Milton Friedman
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. – Milton Friedman
Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. – Milton Friedman
I suppose theres a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And its the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom. – George Will