Politics Quotes

"The gold standard is not a perfect institution, but it is the best we can devise to prevent tyranny."

"The problem with socialism is not that it works badly; it is that it cannot work at all."

"The government cannot give to anybody anything that it does not take from somebody else."

"All government intervention in the market generates unintended consequences worse than the problems it seeks to solve."

"Socialism is not a science; it is a utopian fantasy that ignores the reality of human nature."

"Government cannot prevent depressions; it can only prolong them through continued interference."

"The welfare state does not eliminate poverty; it merely redistributes poverty and destroys the incentive to escape it."

"There is no such thing as scientific government; government is always the expression of the will to power."

"The greatest enemy of prosperity is not scarcity but the government policies that prevent the efficient allocation of resources."

"The more government attempts to solve economic problems, the worse the problems become."

"Politics should serve the common good."

"Politics without ethics is corruption."

"Planning and competition can be combined only by planning for competition, not planning against competition."

"The argument for democracy is not an argument for unlimited majority rule but rather for limited government."

"The businessman who loudly proclaims his patriotism while seeking government favors should be viewed with suspicion."

"Restrictive practices are sold to the public as being for their own good."

"Government intervention in the economy is not a cure but a disease that requires more intervention."

"Those who promote freedom are accused of promoting selfishness; those who promote coercion are called compassionate."

"The market is democratic in the truest sense because every consumer votes daily with their purchases."

"The interest of the community is one of the most general expressions that can occur in the phraseology of politics."

"The people should have the power, but not the knowledge."

"All I can do is set before you this view of political utility."

"When we speak of government, we speak of the science and the art of government."

"The perfection of legislation is the perfection of society."

"To improve the condition of the people is the proper object of government."

"The art of government is the art of promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number."

"The test of a good government is whether it promotes the happiness of all its subjects."

"In the science of legislation, all is contingency and calculation."

"All authority is derived from the consent of the governed."

"In politics, the truth is whatever you can get people to believe."