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

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.

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.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

Things change after you die, though- I guess because dying is about the lonliest thing you can do.

Remember to have courage, that is one of the few things that no one can ever take away from you.

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.

Would you rather die, or be unwound?

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm.