Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

You have a great talent and a great role in the world.

O Lord, Thy Word, revive my soul.

I miss the thrill of your self-destructive heart that melts in the sun like chocolate, bittersweet and incandescent.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Be still and turn within to the great source.

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

When I was three or four, I was really good at drawing and painting, and everyone used to say, "You're going to go to art college." I didn't really know what that meant.

Class is a way of looking at society that divides people into different categories based on how much money they're willing to make.