"If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly."

"Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government."

"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it."

"One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them."

"It is a essential truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."

"It is a essential truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good."

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."