There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves.


From Who protects the consumer?, an episode of the PBS Free to Choose television series (1980, vol. 7 transcript)

Milton Friedman Quotes

There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves.

There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves.

There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves.

There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves.