Pick at random any three letters from the alphabet, put them in any order, and you will have an acronym designating a federal agency we can do without.

Everywhere, and at all times, economic progress has meant far more to the poor than to the rich.

Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?

I believe that the monetary stability is an absolutely critical element in the satisfactory operation of a system.

What kind of society isn't structured on greed?

We don't have a desperate need to grow. We have a desperate desire to grow.

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated — a system of checks and balances.