The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Well, who is more likely to volunteer to take a job in a bureaucracy that has little to recommend it except that… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Current government regulation interferes with honest voluntary exchanges by imposing arbitrary terms and requiring tons of paperwork disclosing information no one wants… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
As coercive monopolies that spend other people's money taken by force, governments are uniquely unqualified to solve problems. They are riddled by… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
The market performs miracles so routinely that we take it for granted. Supermarkets provide 30,000 choices at rock-bottom prices. We take it… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance. Government regulations… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
The welfare state has done to Black Americans what slavery (and Jim Crow and racism) could not have done. . .break up the black… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
“If overpopulation or lack of resources created poverty, then Hong Kong should be poor. Hong Kong has 20 times as many people per square… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
But nothing is better than the market, where the customer and the business deal directly with each other, because if you rip people off,… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
The people who have the biggest passion for restricting other people's behavior are the very people we should worry about most. Unfortunately, they keep… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Asking someone in the media about liberal bias is like asking a fish about water. 'Huh, what are you talking about? Where is it?' — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
“Cornelius Vanderbilt and his fellow tycoon John D. Rockefeller were often called 'robber barons'. Newspapers said they were evil, and ran cartoons showing Vanderbilt… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
