“ Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Milton Friedman
“ Given greater freedom about where to send their children, parents of a kind would flock together and so prevent a healthy intermingling of children from decidedly different backgrounds. Milton Friedman
“ The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. Milton Friedman
“ Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. Milton Friedman
“ I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle. 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
“ I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. Milton Friedman
“ Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Milton Friedman
“ These people live in many lands, speak different languages, practice different religions, may even hate one another- yet none of these differences prevented them from cooperating to produce a pencil.… Milton Friedman
“ I have been enormously impressed by the role that pure chance plays in determining our life history. I was reminded of some famous lines of Robert Frost:Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I… 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 act… Milton Friedman
“ I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. Milton Friedman