It is true that a competitive market is not the whole of society. A great deal depends on the qualities of the population and the nation in how they organize the non-market aspects of society.

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.

Think of this as the highest paying job you never applied for.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.

The Wham! thing was, as I said, very confusing, and much of our image was totally fake.

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.

Wear your heart on your sleeve and be kind. And just be the way you are-what you see is what you get.

Stay very close to Our Lady. If you do this, you can do great things for God and the good of people.

As a culture moves from orality to writing to printing to televising, its ideas of truth move with it.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.