There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment.

Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble and froth; no one has yet dis-invented the business cycle, and probably no one will; and what Schumpeter famously called the 'gales of creative destruction' still roar mightily from time to time. To lament these things is ultimately to lament the bracing blast of freedom itself.

There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people’s lot. There is nothing to be said for trying to create heaven on earth.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

I am not immortal, but I've got a lot left in me yet.

You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls