Friedman on Governments

Governments never learn. Only people learn.

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

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

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.