"If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace."

"People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth."

"Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."

"Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God."

"It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites."