The stock market and economy are two different things.

What you have as a result of past policies is that German entrepreneurs go outside of Germany for many of their activities. They are investing abroad instead of at home because there isn't the openness, fluidity and opportunity they find outside their borders.

There is likely to be a lag between the need for action and government ["an individual's" or "a team's"] recognition of the need; a further lag between recognition of the need for action and the taking of action; and a still further lag between the action and its effects

Money is a very powerful thing, which you hardly notice when it goes right, but which can create havoc when it goes wrong.

There is not a line in 'The Wealth of Nations' that is not still applicable to this day.

I'd like to promote lots of things. I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition. I'd like to promote parental choice in education through vouchers. Those are two things I think are very urgent and important. They're both more important than the harm which Social Security will do.

Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.