In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

Without Christ a people may always have the freedom to do, but never the power to complete.

I don't miss you, I miss who I thought you were.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

People are more dangerous when they're calm. When theyre loud and aggressive that's usually an act and usually trying to compensate

A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself.

He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.

If they don't go to law school, bright college graduates head to Wall Street precisely because they have no real plan for their careers.

Life is like a butterfly. You can chase, or you can let it come to you.