For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.

Gold is as steady as a rock, a standardbearer by which all currencies can be accurately measured.

You can judge a man by the books in his library.

No one spends someone elses money as carefully as he spends his own.

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King.” And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet.

Fear not but trust in Providence Wherever thou may'st be.

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

Thanks to my upbringing, I always believed in myself and worked as hard as I could to get where I wanted to be. Nothing was ever handed to me.

We've invented most of the stuff that we need and now we're just messing about

He considered her seriously. "Well. And that's easy," he said. "My Grace will protect me from him, And I'll protect you. You'll be safe with me, Katsa.

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

There's something unsettling about being continually sold something.

The success or failure of any historical age is the extent to which those living at that time have fulfilled the special role that history has imposed upon them.