“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: power
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The power to do good is also
“The power to do good is also the power to do harm.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: power
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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
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Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat
“Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: politics
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We have a system that increasingly taxes
“We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: work
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Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding
“Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: knowledge
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The Great Depression, like most other periods
“The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: government
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Many people want the government to protect
“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
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The black market was a way of
“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
Author: Milton Friedman
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So that the record of history is
“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
Author: Milton Friedman
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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”
— Milton Friedman
Author: Milton Friedman
Category: government
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