Everything done by the state is ultimately done by means of aggression, which is to say violence or the threat of violence against the innocent.

One ironic legacy of the Clinton administration is the rearming of the American citizenry. Each time Clinton and his friends in Congress threaten another round of anti-gun regulations, the American people respond by stocking up.

To concede that there are social problems that cannot be corrected without the state is to give up the entire argument over the future of liberty itself.

The state always poses a greater threat to society than whatever problem it purports to solve.

The larger the government, the more our livings standards are reduced. We are fortunate as a civilization that the progress of free enterprise generally outpaces the regress of government growth, for, if that were not the case, we would be poorer each year - not just in relative terms, but absolutely poorer too. The market is smart and the government is dumb, and to these attributes do we owe the whole of our economic well-being.

Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.

Even as the government dominates the headlines, private entrepreneurs are busy every day working to improve products and services that improve our lives. They do it without taxing us or regulating us, or making us suffer through tedious elections or political debates. They make their products and offer them to us in a way that pleases the consuming public the most. We can choose whether we want them or not.