The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

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.

I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.

If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

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

The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.

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