What makes for the good society is a sound economy. Without it, all the rest falls apart.

Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

If credit expansion, protectionism, and government spending were a path to prosperity, mankind would have long ago created heaven on earth.

Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration.

There is nothing the state can do, and which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market.

The state always poses a greater threat to society than whatever problem it purports to solve.

It's not as if socialism is a new idea. It was tried in the 20th century. It produced economic stagnation and despair. In its purest form, it extinguished more than one hundred million people.

Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves.

American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself and needs no central plan.

Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end up understanding all economic and political events.

Peter remained on friendly terms with Christ notwithstanding Christ's having healed his mother-in-law.

That which costs little is less valued.

I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.

The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.

Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another.

I love the water; it inspires me, even if it is dirty London water that I look at.

It's the best of the best. No film can hope to top it(Kubrick's 2001).

I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become involved in their life.

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.