31 July: Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman, an economist, was born on 31 July 1912. 10 quotes about governments and bureaucracy.

1. If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
2. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
3. Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
4. The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
5. Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.
6. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
7. The power to do good is also the power to do harm.
8. Governments never learn. Only people learn.
9. Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
10. Anybody who was easily converted was not worth converting.