Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation.

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.

Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.

Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

Much of our poetry has the very best manners, but no character.

Medical statistics are a little bit like a bikini: what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

I'maa tell you right now as an experience, dammit, I'm going to enjoy that one as much as I hate to admit it.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

We have good joint projects in the helicopter and aircraft manufacturing industry. We are considering cooperation and are actively cooperating in space. There are good prospects there [with China].