"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." ― Milton Friedman Topic(s): Society More From Milton Friedman "Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless." "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." "The power to do good is also the power to do harm." More In Society "The way to know life is to love many things."― Vincent Van Gogh "Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion."― Christopher Lasch "I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people – segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically."― Jeb Bush