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

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" I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I won't ever got to a place that's racist, and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them. But it should be their right to be racist. "

" What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. "

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

" Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about? "

" I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct. "

" Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die. "

" I was a closet stutterer. "

" Give me a break. "

" There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a ton of money, but actually only government can use force. "

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

" I was ashamed for people to see me struggle. "

" I like taking the subway to work. "

" We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. "

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

" Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust. "

" Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert. "

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

" As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something. "

" Private businesses ought to get to discriminate. "

" All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger. "

" Companies don't get rich hurting their customers. "

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

" When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination. "