John Stossel

Fraud will always exist. Enforcement of anti-fraud laws is a useful deterrent, but in the end there's no substitute for investor vigilance.…

— John Stossel

The welfare state has done to Black Americans what slavery (and Jim Crow and racism) could not have done. . .break up…

— John Stossel

“If overpopulation or lack of resources created poverty, then Hong Kong should be poor. Hong Kong has 20 times as many people…

— John Stossel

But nothing is better than the market, where the customer and the business deal directly with each other, because if you rip…

— John Stossel

The people who have the biggest passion for restricting other people's behavior are the very people we should worry about most. Unfortunately,…

— John Stossel

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

— John Stossel

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

— John Stossel

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

— John Stossel

Asking someone in the media about liberal bias is like asking a fish about water. 'Huh, what are you talking about? Where…

— John Stossel

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.

— John Stossel

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

“Cornelius Vanderbilt and his fellow tycoon John D. Rockefeller were often called 'robber barons'. Newspapers said they were evil, and ran cartoons…

— John Stossel

A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.

— John Stossel

Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor.

— John Stossel

“In 1999 the National Research Council concluded that 'the total exposure to naturally occurring carcinogens exceeds the exposure to synthetic carcinogens.'... The…

— John Stossel

Markets are too complex to manipulate beneficially.

— John Stossel

We like to think we're superior to the people who, centuries ago, burned 'witches' for no better reason than a neighbor's belief…

— John Stossel

I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted…

— John Stossel

I like taking the subway to work.

— John Stossel

Most people are oblivious to F.A. Hayek's insight that the critical information needed to run an economy - or even 15 percent…

— John Stossel

Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

— John Stossel

..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means…

— John Stossel

There's no business that's too small for government to torture

— John Stossel

Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams…

— John Stossel

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away.

— John Stossel