Milton Friedman Quotes

“Nowhere is the gap between rich and poor wider, nowhere are the rich richer and the poor poorer, than in those societies that do not permit the free market to operate.” – Milton and Rose Friedman, Free to Choose, Chapter 5”
― Eamonn Butler, Milton Friedman: A concise guide to the ideas and influence of the free-market economist

“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, Free to Choose”
― Eamonn Butler, Milton Friedman: A concise guide to the ideas and influence of the free-market economist

“To Friedman, a free society is a more moral society, because it respects the moral primacy of the individual. It is only through their own free choices that people express their values, and therefore their individuality and their humanity. Without that freedom, we count no more than sheep. To be truly human, we must be free, and responsible for our own actions. The majority may not approve of what we choose, or may think they know what is best for us; but that gives them no right to dictate what we may drink or inject, nor to force us into military service, nor to steal our property and income for their own purposes.”
― Eamonn Butler, Milton Friedman: A concise guide to the ideas and influence of the free-market economist