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One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

Milton Friedman
Mistake, Judging, Politics
Interview with Richard Heffner on "The Open Mind", December 7, 1975.

Since the 1930s the technique of buying votes with the voters' own money has been expanded to an extent undreamed of by earlier politicians.

Milton Friedman
Technique, Politics, Voters
Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman (1985). “Tyranny of the status quo”

If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough.

Milton Friedman
Cutting, Government, Politics
"Milton Friedman's Last Lunch" by Mark Skousen, www.forbes.com. November 24, 2006.

A crackpot theory. Instead of saying labor's exploited, as Marx did, Kelso says capital's exploited. It's worse than Marx. It's Marx stood on its head.

Milton Friedman
Politics, Economy, Theory

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