The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.

Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!

What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism, and welfare statism.

The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.

There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'

There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity.

Statism, which forces all of us within its orbit, is nothing but a political system of organized plunder, managed by every conceivable type of pressure group.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.

If you see anyone from about sixteen to sixty-five and they’re male, shoot ’em. Kill every male you see.

When you see these people that are in the public eye all the time, it must get tiring.

A cunning woman is a knavish fool.

The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.

I am living. I remember you.

What do women want? Shoes.

I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.

While I was sleeping, I had a beautiful dream that all the people of the world got together on the same wavelength and began helping each other.

There's a very comfortable techno-libertarian culture where you think you're doing the right thing.