Every person shall be free to do good ' at his own expense.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

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

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

The wholesome pursuit of excellence feels quite different from perfectionism.

And by knowing what we fear, don't we know what we care about, how we are measuring our worth, what success looks like?" I asked. So isn't fear helpful, then?

The universe doesn't hand out blank cards to play. You will know your hand soon enough.

Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

Where love is no room is too small.

I am an eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, I am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see

The slothful is the servant of the counters.

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.