As a rule of thumb. Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.

Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can't stop with just one.

Progress in general seems to hold little interest for people who call themselves 'progressives.' What arouses them are denunciations of social failures and accusations of wrong-doing.

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

Government central planning means over-riding other people's plans.