A society that puts equality before free... by Milton Friedman | We Heart Quotes

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A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

- Milton Friedman

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Knowledge

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

Government

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

- Milton Friedman

Government

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

- Milton Friedman

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

- Milton Friedman

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

- Milton Friedman

Society First

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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