There is nothing the state can do, and which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market.

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

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

Government planning not only fails; it tends to produce outcomes that are the opposite of what its proponents say that they favor. The only stable and productive social system is one that embraces human liberty in its totality, and defends the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful international relations, while opposing government intervention as economically and socially destructive.

Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth.

Private enterprise creates; government destroys. That is the great economic lesson of our times and all times.

Now, it is sometimes said that medical care is too important to be left to the market, and that it is immoral to profit from the illnesses of others. I say medical care is too important to be left to the failed central plans of the political class. And as for profiting from providing medical care, we can never be reminded enough that in a free society, a profit is a signal that valuable services are being rendered to people on a voluntary basis.