A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that's good for America. Nobody's rescuing them. They employ people, too. If we let them go bankrupt, the factories don't go away, the creative people don't go away. They get employed… — 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 for granted that when we stick a piece of plastic in a wall, cash will come out; that… — 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
