When you know that you’re capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.
When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.
You can’t give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad – in fact, to do anything it wants.
I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.
It’s wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that “compassion.”
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures – a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.
You don’t need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles – events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.
The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do – by yourself, upon your own initiative.
You don’t have to buy from anyone. You don’t have to work at any particular job. You don’t have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
The Bill of Rights isn’t some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
Government doesn’t work. You work, I work, Federal Express works, Microsoft works, the Salvation Army works, Alcoholics Anonymous works, but government doesn’t.
It isn’t possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to government, it uses the power to take more from us. That’s why every year the government controls more of our lives.
Government doesn’t work. That’s the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.
Once we realize that government doesn’t work, we’ll know that the only way to improve government is by reducing its size – by doing away with laws, by getting rid of programs, by making government spend and tax less, by reducing government as far as we can.
Once we realize that government doesn’t work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing a law – or by creating a new government program – or by electing someone who will make Washington more efficient or cost-conscious.
The marketplace is a wondrous institution. It harnesses the self-interest of each of us and puts it to work for the benefit of all. And it does so without intruding upon our desires, our privacy, or our freedom. It is regulation by reality, not by coercion.
If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.
Find out what people want and help them get it!
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one – but there is a price.