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Quote from Milton Friedman,


"I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there’s something wrong, pass a law and do something about it."



By:

Milton Friedman (more quotes by Milton Friedman or books by/about Milton Friedman)


(1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, "ultimate guru of the free-market system"

Source:

From “An Interview With Milton Friedman,” December 1974, conducted by Tibor Machan, Joe Cobb, and Ralph Raico
http://reason.com/archives/2007/01/24/quotations-from-chairman-milto

Categories:

Collectivism, Law, Statism

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