Milton Friedman

United States
31 Jul 1912 // 16 Nov 2006
Economist

The real problem for any government coming to power is to control the civil servants. They will all explain why it is quite impossible to do things other than the way they are currently done.

Evening Standard (London) (1980)

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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