Milton Friedman

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

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History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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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

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Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? ↗

— Milton Friedman

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The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed? ↗

— Milton Friedman

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Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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The power to do good is also the power to do harm. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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