Prohibiting something that is highly desired does not make the desire go away but merely ensures that the supply of that good is provided in the most dangerous and undesirable manner possible, and endows criminal sectors of society with additional wealth and power. —Ron Paul (The Revolution: A Manifesto)
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists. —Walter Williams
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. —Milton Friedman
The first job of an economist is to tell governments what they cannot do. —Ludwig von Mises
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas Sowell
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods
Democratic Socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something that many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. —F.A. Hayek
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. —Frederic Bastiat
Politicians exploit economic illiteracy. —Walter Williams