The first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.

It's always better to be kind than right.

This was misery that could not yield, for he sorrowed for a time he could not return to, and a self he would never again be.

When I was preparing for this speech I asked my family for advice. One member replied "There's a first time for everything so try to be funny and brief."

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

Don't give up before you get off your feet. Put the time in to learn what you can, build relationships, and develop quality content.

When a copier sales person cold calls a purchasing manager whom he has never met is it any surprise that the purchasing manager will most likely never return that call?

You'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.

I'm not getting old. I'm getting better.