One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.

The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn't do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn't do a thing for them.

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

Unfortunately, unanimity is not always feasible.

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.

What makes it [economics] most fascinating is that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page, that anyone can understand them, and yet very few do.

A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.