Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Cries for justice are often the bitter laments of the vengeful.

Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

This nation is daring and decent and ready for change.

Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

I am personally open - after all that has happened and after ten years in that probationary status where all they have is a permit, I personally am open to allowing people to apply for a green card.

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.

We with our lives are like islands in the sea... The islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom.