Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone.

Although I am ready to defend what I have said, many people expect me to defend what others have attributed to me.

Apparently the only people who are supposed to be responsible are the taxpayers - and they are increasingly made responsible for other people's irresponsibility.

Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.