It should go without saying that even the most narrowly construed eminent-domain power would violate individual rights. Either a person owns his legitimately acquired property or he does not.

Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'

Wealth comes from the production and exchange of goods and services. If someone efficiently produces a good that many people willingly trade their money for, he becomes wealthy.

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will be blamed on whatever small zone of freedom that remains.

We must acknowledge, of course, that what looks like failure to us Americans outside the privileged elite may not actually be failure for our overlords.

The government's coercive taxing power necessarily creates two classes: those who create and those who consume the wealth expropriated and transferred by that power.

The truly free market is the worker's best friend.

Government spending reduces the capital that could be invested to serve consumers and to produce new employment opportunities.

The housing and financial crisis could not have occurred in the absence of government housing and monetary policies.

Government interference with the economic process represents a substitution of political for consumer objectives.

why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.

Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!

Love is not for thrill-seekers, dreamers, or children with short attention spans. And you, son, fit into all three of those categories.

It is enough to know, too much to see.

It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.

If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

I think that we need to be careful, as reporters and as journalists, not to take the bait and not to get into an endless discussion about issues that are trivial.

Existence is not a mystery unless you think it has a meaning.

Trust and start walking. We are not alone in the dark, our path will unfold as we move.

Till the Future dares Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be An echo and a light unto eternity!