I am convinced that the minimum-wage law is the most anti-Negro law on our statute books in its effect, not its intent.

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.

To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God.

It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

Don't let anything like trees in the Clearwater National Forest get in the way of providing jobs and fueling the economy, even if that means cutting down every last tree in the state.

When you write about esoteric things, it can be way out there.

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Deja Vu.

Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.

The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.