Society and the World

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

All government is an ugly necessity.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.

Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

If you want to see what God thinks of money, just look at all the people He gave it to.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.