The history of fiat money is little more than a register of monetary follies and inflations. Our present age merely affords another entry in this dismal register.

A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill.

A 'social justice' society is a conflict which locks beneficiaries and victims alike in a struggle without end. It becomes a society torn apart by resentment over the wealth of capitalists.

No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.

Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another.

War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force.

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor and needy the primary victims.

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.

Centers of unionism are also the centers of unemployment.

Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of basic principles in economic and social matters.

Miracles are not for matured men, they are for children or for unbelievers.

The pen, a double-edged mystery: cuts the writer, heals the reader.

Yup, believe it: I was born on March 28, yet my name is April.

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.

We blossom under praise like flowers in sun and dew; we open, we reach, we grow.

The one in front of the gun lives forever

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

I’m going to carry you now,” he told her, “so we can move even faster. I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome.