Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.

Intellect is not wisdom.

Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart.

Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.

Experience trumps brilliance.