So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.

Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.

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.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.

It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that "compassion."