Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

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.

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

But the Holy Spirit is not in a hurry. Character is the produce of a lifetime.

Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time.

How do you become enlightened? I don't know: Luck, karma, skill, friends in high places, friends in low places.

Never is an awfully long time.

I was more than just a moody artist.

I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.

I can't live without my iPhone.