The costs of government are bound to be much higher than those of the free market. . .The State cannot calculate well and therefore cannot gauge its costs accurately.

There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair tax' is therefore every bit as absurd as that of 'fair theft.'

The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.

The State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.

The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.

States have always needed intellectuals to con the public into believing that its rule is wise, good, and inevitable

Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the law) is certain to have disastrous consequences.

You don't need a treaty to have free trade.

Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism.

The more the government intervenes to delay the market's adjustment, the longer and more grueling the depression will be, and the more difficult will be the road to complete recovery.

There is one good thing about Marx: he was not a Keynesian.

It was only one man who had gone, but it felt like forever, something so permanent and unstoppable that it blasted her. If she were a tree, she would drop all her leaves.

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse. [In the husband wisdom, in the wife gentleness.]

Look, if you think your need to complain is more important than the lives of the people that are counting on us, go whine somewhere else!

The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences.

The only thing was, she didn't really want to see the future. What she wanted was to see something no one else could see or would see, and maybe that was asking for more magic that was in the world.

I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.