"Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?"
-Milton Friedman
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"The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.“
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"The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government."
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"History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition."
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"So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system."
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"Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it."
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