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.

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

If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you.

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

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

Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other.

The advantage of the cauliflower is that if all else fails, you can always cover it with melted cheese and eat it.