Ego trips by coteries of self-exalting people are treated in the media as idealism, rather than the petty tyranny it is.

We don‘t have faith that #freedom works. We have evidence.

'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,' this means that there must be some third party with power - the government - to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with 'fairness'.

It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.

We are... living in a free society without the faith that built that society - and without the conviction and dedication needed to sustain it... We still have the cathedral of freedom but how long will it last without the faith?

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

However little president Obama knows or cares about economics, he knows a lot about politics - and especially political rhetoric. 'High-speed rail' is simply another set of loft words to justify continued expansion of government spending. So are words like 'investment in education' or 'investment' in any number of other things, which serves the same political purpose.