You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance.

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.

It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I cant do anything about.

Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility .

It's a very common belief [among Mormons] that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Church will save it.

I can't die now, I have so much work to do.

Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.

If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.