Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our police and our courts from having to fight losing battles against drug use will enable their energies and facilities to be devoted more fully to combating other forms of crime.

I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that has not also used something comparable to a free market to organize the bulk of economic activity.

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

The countries that have risen and separated out as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union are, on the whole, following freer economic policies. Most of these states have freer government and less restrictions on trade.

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

The history of mankind is the history of money losing value.