A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.

The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk".

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart] disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis.

It is better to experience than to be told. But it is wiser to learn from the great sacred-souls.

Perfectionism is not the path that leads us to our gifts and to our sense of purpose

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.

You are what you love. Not what loves you.

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

Women love to impress and be their best.

Colour is the skin of the world.