Wealthier is healthier.

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.

Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert.

What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.'

Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations provide a false sense of security - and that's worth less than no sense of security at all.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.