Complete free trade is not politically feasible. Why? Because it's only in the general interest and in no one's special interest.

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.

There are moments on stage when everything comes together. Then the kid in the front row coughs.

One who has both feet firmly planted in the air.

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

I have an interest in making first-person games.

You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really.

I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I guess that sort of stayed with me, really.

Our expenses are all for conformity.

Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day.

Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.