Ever read any [Friedrich] Hayek? He's great. The Road To Serfdom is like... I'm not a big political-science reader, but I actually dog-eared my copy. I ended up going back through it and writing a précis, I was so impressed by this book. It's all about what happens when government tries to make everything right.

The real truth about children is they don't speak the language very well. They're physically uncoordinated. And they are ignorant of our elaborate ideas about right and wrong.

Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!

Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.

There aren't many political humorists. Dave Barry is excellent, but he doesn't do it much.

In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to which you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word : Dentistry.

B students work for C students - A students teach.