Milton Friedman
"The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way."
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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."
"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it."
"We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
"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."