We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.
If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.
I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.
What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.
What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.
The left-wing agenda wants us to think that the reason there was a depression was because the government didn't do anything. That's not true.
I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.
A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.
No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.
You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.
