Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.

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.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.

I think of myself as a really happy person.

The "religion of pity" to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and women who need this religion at present as a veil and an adornment!

When the skies and the oceans are clean again. Then we shall be free.

Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.

Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot.

By your words, you form your destiny - what you say within yourself determines the end promise of your life! Your future lives in your mouth!

I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.