#om

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#clearly #condition #freedom #history #necessary

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#nobler #political #really #self-interest #somehow

We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#become #energy #independent #least #need

Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#first #first of all #greed #know #me

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#experience #hypothesis #only #prediction #relevant

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it. ↗

— Nat Friedman

#i #i think #intuitive #lot #shares

Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#chain #china #coastal #come #computer

There have been a couple of instances prior to now where members of the House have filed resolutions calling for release of the sealed files which were developed during the course of our committee's investigation. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#calling #committee #couple #course #developed

There's a difference between being able to make long distance phone calls cheaper on the Internet and walking around Riyadh with a PDA where you can have all of Google in your pocket. It's a difference in degree that's so enormous it becomes a difference in kind. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#around #becomes #being #between #calls

By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. That's why an Indian in Bangalore can take care of the office work of American doctors or read the X-rays of German hospitals. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#before #care #collaborate #compete #connect