The best kept secret in the investing world: Almost nothing turns out as expected.
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there’s nothing more insecure than a political promise.
You are where you are today because youve chosen to be there.
You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn’t you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?
It has long been apparent that many people in the media don’t believe you’re competent to make your own decisions.
Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don’t really expect them to do it.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth – that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his acts are right, he’ll get good consequences; if they’re not, he’ll suffer for it.
Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.
Most politicians believe in just one thing – winning elections. They’ll say anything to get in office and stay there.
Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.
Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats.
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.
If younger people see older people who haven’t planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.
Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.
The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others – summoning the worst dregs of society to Washington to use that power to impose their will upon others.
Freedom and responsibility aren’t interconnected things. They are the same thing.
Communities don’t think, don’t believe, don’t want, don’t have needs, don’t have interests and don’t make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs – and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it’s health care problems, education, whatever it is – it’s got to be more government.