Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to the service of the insiders who control it. Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example. And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery - and there's not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.

A man's wealth can...also be measured by what he doesn't have and doesn't want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.

You don't get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.

No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan.

Central planning doesn't work. A little bit of it is a drag. A lot is fatal.