On the silver screen, capitalists are usually vilified as greedy and heartless, while statists of every stripe are depicted as selfless, romantic idealists who only want to help people. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is when you want to take somebody else's. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
A statesman doesn't try to pull himself up by dragging someboy else down, and he doesn't try to convience people they're victims just so… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Marijuana has killed far fewer people than swimming pools; it’s the war against it that does all the violence. — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Where there are love and generosity, there is joy. Where there are sincerity and sacrifice, there is friendship. Where there are harmony and simplicity,… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
On the silver screen, capitalists are usually vilified as greedy and heartless, while statists of every stripe are depicted as selfless, romantic idealists who… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
By mandating an even higher minimum, the living wage prices even more people out of work. The people who push these cockamamie ideas never… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Money is an invention of the marketplace of exchange, brought into being by traders who discovered that a reliable medium could facilitate trades that… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
