“There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.”

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.

I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.

I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.

See, 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.

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.

Governments never learn. Only people learn.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ‘ that there is no alternative.

There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

I believe Satan exists for two reasons: first, the Bible says so, and second, I’ve done business with him.

Don’t steal; thou’lt never thus compete successfully in business. Cheat.

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

I knew I’d end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.

In the vast majority of businesses, there is simply no such thing as “the best.”

The government needs to send out a message to the business community that ‘we are on your side.’