Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his acts are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.

The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk".

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

They have a choice to hurt us but we have a choice to be free from pain...

The reward of suffering is experience.

There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

I have been able to find out what I really really want to do myself, trying out ideas that I haven't been able to do before because you don't have to compromise when you work by yourself.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

William Tell could take an apple off your head, [Phil] Taylor could take out a processed pea.

I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.

It would be more concerned with the Whole than the parts and has to proceed from the premise that death and pain, short life spans, and no bread without sweat must be accepted.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.