The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.

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Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

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A society that puts equality — in the sense of equality of outcome — ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.

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The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.

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Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.

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A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills.

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The word 'free' is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with 'freedom.' The word 'fair' is not used in either of our founding documents.

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Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.

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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch. ― Orson Welles

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Seems Google management figured out it is cheaper, happier and more productive to take care of their employees and create a positive work environment than to burn them to a crisp, make them afraid of the future, and send them off into the highways and byways of California in search of a Taco Bell for lunch. — Joe McNally

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