Everybody in 15th century Spain was wrong about where China was and as a result, Columbus discovered Caribbean vacations.

If libertarianism were easy to explain, and it weren't easy to exaggerate the effects of libertarianism, I think it would have been done already. Many many very intelligent people have applied themselves to crafting an agenda that people could grab ahold of. But the problem of course is that libertarianism isn't political. It is kind of anti-political. It wants to take a lot of things out of the political arena.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.

[Friedrich] Hayek is not protesting that things like child labor and stuff are good. He's just trying to show that when government undertakes to make everything good for everybody, this is what happens. And he addresses it to socialists of all parties.

Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise.