The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum for determining the 'rule of the game' and as an umpire to interpret and enforce the rules decided on.

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monar…

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want…

Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything l…

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Pl…

I'm a free-marketeer. I believe in free markets, but... sometimes you have things that look like free markets but aren't because of artificial reasons. I'm not…

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.