"Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence"
- Milton Friedman
About this Quote
This quote by Milton Friedman expresses his strong opposition to the concept of the United States becoming a greatly militarized and authoritarian society. He thinks that the current policy of locking up non-violent drug users is an outright violation of individual freedom, and he is alarmed at the concept of providing law enforcement agents broad powers to get into the personal privacy and rights of regular residents without substantial validation. Friedman recommends that anybody who values freedom and specific liberty ought to share his issues about these problems.
This quote is written / told by Milton Friedman between July 31, 1912 and November 16, 2006. He/she was a famous Economist from USA.
The author also have 34 other quotes.
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"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"
