The market performs miracles so routinely that we take it for granted. Supermarkets provide 30,000 choices at rock-bottom prices. We take it for granted that when we stick a piece of plastic in a wall, cash will come out; that when we give the same plastic to a stranger, he will rent us a car, and the next month, Visa will have the accounting correct to the penny. By contrast, "experts" in government can't even count the vote accurately.

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

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.

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.

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.