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“Governments never learn. Only people learn.”

Milton Friedman · Government

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Milton Friedman

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

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Milton Friedman

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?

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Milton Friedman

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

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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 activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.

Government