“Well, who is more likely to volunteer to take a job in a bureaucracy that has little to recommend it except that it gives you the power to use government force to control the lives of others? A dispassionate scientist or a zealot? In government, the zealots eventually take over.” GivingWellsLittlesUseGovernmentJobsForceScientistVolunteerBureaucracyLives Of OthersZealotDispassionate Author:John Stossel
“Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems. Freedom will.” PeopleGivingReasonProblemEconomyPoliticianGiving UpPercentSolveMedicalAllowingRefusal Author:John Stossel
“Give me a break - They say taxes are inevitable, like death. At least death doesn't come every year.” GivingYearsBreakTaxesGive MeInevitable Author: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 for granted that when we stick a piece of plastic in a wall, cash will come out; that when we give the same plastic to a stranger, he will rent us a car, and the next month, Visa will have the accounting correct to the penny. By contrast, "experts" in government can't even count the vote accurately.” GivingGovernmentChoicesNextPiecesRocksCarWallMonthsVoteMiracleSticksBottomStrangerGrantedExpertsCashContrastPlasticPenniesAccountingSupermarketsVisa Author:John Stossel
“Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.” GivingGovernmentWealth Author:John Stossel
“The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.” GivingHas BeensGovernmentAmericaPaySpecialSecurityTaughtTheoryReturnTaxesBenefitsPrivilegePopulationIncomeSplitsIncome TaxDistributors Author:John Stossel
“Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.” GivingAmericaGive MeSafetySupposed To Be Author:John Stossel
“Patrick Henry didn't say, "Give me safety, or give me death."” GivingGive MeSafety Author:John Stossel
