Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory

Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.

...human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.

How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest.

Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.

When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all of the property, business, and jobs that would have been created if citizens were left with the right to choose.

In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.