In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands.

... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled.

Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.

Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state and private force.

Ignorance is the toughest enemy of humans. It is most disastrous.

The closest one person can get to another is through silence.

I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

Whatever your body type is, just use it.

You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it

It's nice to be immortal. Film has given us immortality. Now my children are going to appreciate Tarzan.

Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.

Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.