There is only one '' principle that can preserve a free society: namely, the strict prevention of all coercion except in the enforcement of general abstract rules equally applicable to all.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

In government, the scum rises to the top.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

If a man cries in front of you, it doesn't mean he's weak. It means that he trusts you enough to let his guard down.

Bridging innovation gaps is a strategic imperative for business execution.

My sister started to smell trouble when on the second day of her honeymoon the groom started asking for separate checks.

It was only a sunny smile But it scattered the night And little it cost in the giving Like morning light And made the day worth living.

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Sketchy: I'm no stranger to stoner logic.

In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.