If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand

I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or if they try, they will shortly be out of office.

Milton Friedman

Quotes on Milton Friedman’s 103 birthday