“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.

Sometimes when I’m faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there’s a cook.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.

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

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.

No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.

Our interpretations reflect our imperfections. We will always read between the lines, but we decide what we choose to find.

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.

If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

I finally decided to give music my all. If it didn’t work out and I had to move home, fine. I had to give it 100% first.

I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I decided not to. I didn’t want to chance ruining the machine.