Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make a case for expanding its activities.

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.

Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.

Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours.

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.

...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.

By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways.

Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war.

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively.

Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of taxation.

Abetted by misguided or co-opted intellectuals, the rulers weave a cloak of legitimacy to disguise their theft and hence to ease their extraction of wealth from the rightful owners.

I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Man is at his best when complimented by the influence of a good woman.

There's always a silver lining to every cloud and everything has to happen for a reason and if everything's really challenging, then you can make it into a positive.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

Convalescence is a sort of grown-up rebirth, enabling us to see life with a fresh eye.

In order to say that some function is understood, every relevant step in the process must be elucidated.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself