The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be.

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 sometimes takes a state of solitude to bring to mind the real power of companionship.

Instead of allowing wealth and resources to change us, we must choose to allow God to change our way of thinking about wealth and resources

I love to interact with people, but there is a time and place for everything.

Got tight on absinthe last night. Did knife tricks.

I very much adore people who are outcasts, and I've always loved to be around interesting, circus-type people.

I want to be governor [of Texas] because I need the closet space.

The wise trusts not only to his physical eyes - thus he can see clearly.

You are relying on a waiting on other people in acting and films, so to be able to have something that I have full creative control over is really very therapeutic.

I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.