"The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government."
― Milton Friedman
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Experience
More From Milton Friedman
- "The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile industry that way."
- "We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork."
- "Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."
More In Experience
- "And then I went to ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which I’d never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasn’t my favorite working experience."― Busy Philipps
- "The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure."― Valerie Jarrett
- "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."― Mother Teresa