See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true.

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.

When troubles come into my life which burden my heart and my mind, I know that God will guide me by making his presence shine.

Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?

I took a breath, seeing from across the room the rain on his eyelashes. A sudden need to brush them free filled me. I could almost feel the dampness of the rain on my fingers, how soft it would feel.

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

The future is a bright as the promises of God.

We're all part of movie and we're all incredibly and equally important but it is your actor's job to perform and to deliver.

Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?

I do not believe in my death.

The question of the social uses of photography opens out into the very largest issues of the self, of the relationship to community, to reality.

Rock & roll is a type of sensuous music unfit for impressionable minds.