For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually saintly or trustworthy, entrusting government with power that we would never entrust to our neighbors or other private… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement. — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually saintly or… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is,… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain and officious busybodies. People who actually achieve political power are to be trusted even less than those who seek it without success; winning elections requires a measure of deceitfulness and Machiavellian immorality that no decent person comes close… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share
Let's be clear about one indisputable fact: capitalism vigorously pursued has never produced the atrocities - starvation, tyranny, and genocide - that are produced… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al… — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement. — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
