It doesn't worry me a bit that China and Japan hold so much US debt. In a way, it seems foolish for them to do it because they get lower returns than they might elsewhere. But that is their business.

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.

Stop wasting your life and discover who you are

...our familiar features rinsed in weird adulthood.

Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves.

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

The people who are getting rich can't imagine that the world is not a better place.

Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.

The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.

Wherever you are, I will find you and I will bring you home

Once you're a felon you're a target.

If we don't come apart; we will come apart.