Milton Friedman Quotes

We are bound by nothing except belief.

I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.

I'm doing what I want to do.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Freedom is a unique concept that everyone interprets differently.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

You can wear whatever, be whatever, do whatever you want.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

Belief, like love, must be voluntary.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.

I would rather just do the things I want to do.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

People have to do what they want to do.

I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

We are not compelled to believe in biological uniformity in order to affirm human freedom and dignity.

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall have liberty, without hindrance, to be what God made him.

As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking—this gradually works back upon the character of the people, who thereby gradually become capable of managing freedom; finally, it affects the principles of government, which finds it to its advantage to treat men, who are now more than machines, in accordance with their dignity.

Liberty is an individual, not a collective, right.

Once more we are in a period of uncertainty, of danger, in which not only our own safety but that of all mankind is threatened. Once more we need the qualities that inspired the development of the democratic way of life. We need imagination and integrity, courage and a high heart. We need to fan the spark of conviction, which may again inspire the world as we did with our new idea of the dignity and worth of free men. But first we must learn to cast out fear. People who 'view with alarm' never build anything.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women?

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.