"Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."

"France has usually been governed by prostitutes."

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help.""

"There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare."

"No individual gets up and says, I'm going to take this because I want it. He'd say, I'm going to take it because it really belongs to me and it would be better for everyone if I had it. It's true of children fighting over toys. And it's true of governments going to war. Nobody is ever involved in an aggressive war; it's always a defensive war -- on both sides."

"The less government we have, the better - the fewer laws, and the less confided power."

"I think the government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem and very often makes the problem worse."

"I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from being greater."

"There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves."

"Governments never learn. Only people learn."

"If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough."

"If you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true."

"I'm not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws."

"To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen."

"It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List."