The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Today, the law is a crazy quilt of provisions and clauses that very often have little to do with securing general happiness… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Money spent in complying with a regulation cannot be spent again on marketing or product research. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Every day Big Government heaps demands and restrictions upon businesses that sink some enterprises, cause others to direct resources away from serving customers and… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Laws do not curb the lawless. After all, that's why we call them 'lawless.' — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word,… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Markets respond not to political pressures channeled through various committees, subcommittees, lobbies, and special interests but to the immediacies and exigencies of the economy… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies typically move slowly, clumsily, and without much regard for the wants and needs of the people they supposedly serve. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Markets are nimble and efficient, gathering the collective but disbursed intelligence of the economy's players and communicating up-to-the-minute realities of prices, product availability, etc.… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the price placard… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
The only way to effectively secure the common good is for the government to remain small. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
