One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
Alfred Nobel
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history... →
Albert J. Nock
It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.
What Andrew Cuomo said is, truly, a scandal. It's a scandal if he actually thinks it - that those who hold conservative views on abortion, gun... →
Peggy Noonan
The welfare state creates its own victim/client constituency. By making individuals free and independent, we reduce the need for 'charity' to... →
Grover Norquist
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national... →
Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97... →
The taxpayer group in every state is always - always referred to as nuts.
The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating... →
George William Norris
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and... →
Douglass North