As long as human beings are imperfect, there will always be arguments for extending the power of government to deal with these imperfections. The only logical stopping place is totalitarianism -- unless we realize that tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.

How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.

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?

There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.

No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.