Quote by Milton Friedman
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of bel

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

Other quotes by Milton Friedman

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didnt construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didnt revolutionize the automobile industry that way. – Milton Friedman

Category:
Government
Read Quote

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

Category:
Capitalism
Read Quote

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. – Milton Friedman

Category:
Freedom
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Freedom
category

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. – Edward R. Murrow

Category:
Freedom

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. – Richard M. Nixon

Category:
Freedom

Freedom and responsibility arent interconnected things. They are the same thing. – Harry Browne

Category:
Freedom

We clearly realize that freedoms inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks. – Vernon Howard

Category:
Freedom

Random Quotes

Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. – Stephen Bayley

Category:
Manners

You know what the Englishmans idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. – William Butler Yeats

Category:
God

My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didnt come home. – Johnny Vegas

Category:
Home

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. – Ralph Nader

Category:
Health