The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.

We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.

In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.

The best defense against democracy is to distract people.

As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared with the success in arousing the natural curiosity of the students and stimulating their interest in exploring on their own.

As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume.

A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that's achieved by, if you like, advertising.