Subsidies are a shell game, not a net addition to national wealth.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.

Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don't know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.

Time was when people used to brag about how old they were - and I am old enough to remember it.

Our fate is matched by the total freedom we have to react to our fate. It is as if we were dealt a hand of card. Once we have them, we are free to play them as we choose.