If you put the federal government in cha... by Milton Friedman | We Heart Quotes

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

- Milton Friedman

Other quotes by Milton Friedman

Work Government

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

- Milton Friedman

Work Government People

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

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

Vision Friend Freedom

Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.

- Milton Friedman

Freedom History

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

- Milton Friedman

Right Want People

I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.

- Milton Friedman

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