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.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

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.

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.

Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.

Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.

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.