Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty of others?

The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed, and a minority government ensues. Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other.

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

Friedmans influence reaches far beyond the academic community and the world of economics. Rather than lock himself in an ivory tower, he has joined the fray to fight for the survival of this great country of ours.

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking.