The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

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.

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.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Peace cannot be kept by force

Joy is what people take, happiness is what you make, pain is something you feel and the more you feed it the more it works.

Hades does not have a runny nose. I know this. The entire Greek pantheon no doubt knows this. For some reason, my nose is unaware of this basic fact of mythology.

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals.

The innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue.

Everybody shall be accepted no matter what they stand for, you are not always going to agree on their faith.

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.

In the past, history was always written by the victors. But in the age of Twitter, history is written by everyone.

Give it all up and you can have it all.