The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to control the creative life of man.

Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!

What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism, and welfare statism.

The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.

There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'

There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity.

Statism, which forces all of us within its orbit, is nothing but a political system of organized plunder, managed by every conceivable type of pressure group.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself to care.

Never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order.

Anything that involves the outdoors I'm all about, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, wakesurfing to mountain-biking. Anything that gets me outside.

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!

There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Greatness is in not what you do but how you are an instrument in the hands of God.

Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed.