The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Milton Friedman

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.
Milton Friedman

Governments never learn. Only people learn.
Milton Friedman

There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Milton Friedman

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

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

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