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

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

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

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.

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

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

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.