A real gold standard is thoroughly consistent with [classical] liberal principles and I, for one, am entirely in favor of measures promoting its development.

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.

We encounter great souls by reading great books.

If I were a bean, ... I wouldn't sulk all day long.

Revenge is a human trait, one that has been the cause of the destruction of civilisations many times over. But the goblins live on in peace and harmony, taking little notice of us and our mistakes.

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.

The golden rays of the moon paid him absolute tribute. He was a buffet of muscles and corded strength.

An interviewer asked me what book I thought best represented the modern American woman. All I could think of to answer was: Madame Bovary.

Don't sacrifice a good life for a good time.

Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.

As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race... and the hearts of the meanest were humbled.