Quotes from John Stossel

No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger.

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

David Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.

I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.

I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.

A handful of people who probably never even ran a small business actually think they can reinvent the health care system.

I was a closet stutterer.

Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions.

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word.

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

Give me a break.

A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that's good for America. Nobody's rescuing them. They employ people, too. If we let them go bankrupt, the factories don't go away, the creative people don't go away. They get employed more productively by others.

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.