Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered.

Some full professors could more accurately be described as empty professors.

Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by well-fed people with the time on their hands to dream up half-baked ideologies or grandiose ambitions, and to nurse real or imagined grievances.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

Intellect is not wisdom.