There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.

Unfortunately, unanimity is not always feasible.

Government is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else.

Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience with the prohibition of drugs is a replay of our experience with the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ' that there is no alternative

The invisible hand in politics operates in the opposite direction to the invisible hand in the market.

The growing role that the government has played in financing and administering schooling has led not only the enormous waste of taxpayers money but also to a far poorer educational system.