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 is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you. — Mavis Staples

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It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.

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Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

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Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama

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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. ― Rosa Parks

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No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. — Douglas MacArthur

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There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path. — Buddha

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

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