The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.
People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.
A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that's good for America. Nobody's rescuing them. They employ people, too. If we let them go bankrupt, the factories don't go away, the creative people don't go away. They get employed more productively by others.
I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.
I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.
Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.
We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers.
No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.
When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.