John Stossel Quotes

Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert.

I was a closet stutterer.

I like taking the subway to work.

[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.

I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.

I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.

I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word.

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.

But if government is in the business of promoting what is good and suppressing the bad, that is a license for it to stick it’s nose into virtually every human activity.