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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.


Milton Friedman

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KINKY FRIEDMAN When I wrote 'The World Is Flat,' I said the world is flat. Yeah, we're all connected. F...
THOMAS FRIEDMAN We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets.
THOMAS FRIEDMAN You take one bomber and deploy him in Baghdad, and another is manufactured in Riyadh the next day. I...
THOMAS FRIEDMAN I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn'...
KINKY FRIEDMAN We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like...
KINKY FRIEDMAN William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another.
KINKY FRIEDMAN No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always...
THOMAS FRIEDMAN Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
KINKY FRIEDMAN A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's friend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and ...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN The most important thing about a TV set is to get it back against something and not out in the middl...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are ...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are ...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and ...
BRUCE FRIEDMAN If it's a cliche to say that intellectual curiosity keeps your mind sharp, your senses alert, an...
ADENA FRIEDMAN I didn't see your backbone. I felt like you were sleeping though the lyrical dance.
BRIAN FRIEDMAN