Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price.
America rules the world - by force.
When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
