The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.

The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.

As a general principle, I should put it that a man's country is where the things he loves are most respected. Circumstances may have prevented his ever setting foot there, but it remains his country.

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

There's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.

The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests...

As Dr. Sigmund Freud has observed, it can not even be said that the State has ever shown any disposition to suppress crime, but only to safeguard its own monopoly of crime.

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.

You. Aren’t you one of those Morgan boys? You must be the bad one.

If you want to change anything or your surroundingChange your perception, it will change everything.

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Never ran away for the sake of scars.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold, exciting, innovative and new," but also foolish.

The little things that happen. Sometimes they're insignificant; other times, they change everything.

We sing because we can't speak anymore.

I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger.

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.