"The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different."

"A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not."

"Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy."

"Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives."

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."

"What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges."