Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.

We may not always recognize it, but government plays a bigger role in our lives than any other single person or institution. We spend nearly half of our lives working to pay for it. Children spend more time in government schools than they do with their parents. Birth, death, marriage, every area of our lives feels the influence of government.

It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.

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

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.

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.

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.