Milton Friedman Libertarian Quotations

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

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

I am a limited-government libertarian.

I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle.

There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.