The best kept secret in the investing world: Almost nothing turns out as expected.

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties.

Get your money out of the country before your country gets your money out of you

Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our cities safe, it doesn't educate our children properly.

The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.

If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.