The fall of the Berlin Wall did more for the progress of freedom than all of the books written by myself or Friedrich Hayek or others.

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.

Maybe we really are made of the same clay, maybe we really are condemned, blameless, to the same, identical mediocrity.

We would not be who we are today if it had not been for the lives that we have lived.

The more you focus on fun, the more fun you have.

Sometimes my ethnicity is relevant, other times not. I definitely get the best of both worlds.

She still felt his gaze on her like the brush of a finger across the back of her neck, making her shiver.

One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.

I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.