"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government"

"Fascism and communism are not two opposites, but two rival gangs fighting over the same territory . . . both are variants of statism, based on the collectivist principle that man is the rightless slave of the state."

"Profit is the signal which tells us what we must do in order to serve people we do not know. By pursuing profit, we are as altruistic as we can possibly be, because we extend our concern to people who are beyond our range of personal conception."

"What subjectivism is in the realm of ethics, collectivism is in the realm of politics. Just as the notion that "Anything I do is right because I chose to do it," is not a moral principle, but a negation of morality—so the notion that "Anything society does is right because society chose to do it," is not a moral principle, but a negation of moral principles and the banishment of morality from social issues."

Favorite gold quotes:
"Is it really any different to say 'an ounce of gold should equal a suit of fine clothes' versus saying 'a gallon of milk should equal a bag of good cookies'?"

"Gold is probably the most irrational of all financial assets. It serves essentially no useful purpose beyond its ability to demand higher prices from someone else. It generates no cash flow. It pays no dividends. Its main commercial purpose is to serve as decoration."