The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.

Liberty is always freedom from the government.

Every socialist is a disguised dictator.

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

Population growth is the primary source of environmental damage.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction - up, down, sideways - by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel.