Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it read more

Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia- that is, nowhere.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.

The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and read more

The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power.

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like read more

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.