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

Where I live in Manhattan and where I work at ABC, people say conservative the way people say child molester.

— 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

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

— John Stossel

Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.

— John Stossel

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger.

— John Stossel

It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.

— 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

I won't ever got to a place that's racist, and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them.…

— John Stossel

I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15…

— John Stossel

Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing…

— John Stossel

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose…

— John Stossel

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

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

There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a…

— John Stossel

If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and…

— 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

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

— John Stossel

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

Liberalism had come to mean spending more on everything-speech police, failed poverty programs that reward dependence, a bigger nanny state telling us…

— 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

Any money the government spends must be taxed, borrowed or conjured out of thin air by the Federal Reserve, and that will…

— John Stossel

People vastly overestimate the ability of central planners to improve on the independent action of diverse individuals. What I've learned watching regulators…

— John Stossel

“When I was a kid, my mother thought spinach was the healthiest food in the world because it contained so much iron.…

— John Stossel

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

— John Stossel

[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.

— John Stossel

The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.

— John Stossel

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

— John Stossel

No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.

— John Stossel

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

— John Stossel

Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

— John Stossel

Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.

— John Stossel

The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

— John Stossel

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

— John Stossel

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

— John Stossel

People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.

— John Stossel

I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than…

— John Stossel

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

— John Stossel

David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.

— John Stossel

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers.

— John Stossel