I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

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.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love

Most women think cheating is 'disgusting' … until they fall for a man that likes them back

I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what's wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

In Russia, drunks are our kindest people. Our kindest people are also the most drunk.

It's a cinch that if you read it in an occult periodical or paperback, everyone's doing it. That should be your cue to avoid such stuff, lest you be relegated to the same readership level.

One of the marks of successful people is they are action oriented. One of the marks of average people is they are talk oriented.

There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.

Abortion is the taking of a life.

I have learned the lesson the hard way and I hope it serves as a lesson to lots of other young people. I would also like to apologise to all loyal Blue Peter viewers.

You can drink out of Lincoln's nose. They got the Hard Rock t-shirts. They got Elvis, too.