Mises Daily

"Two things you do know, and no more: First, that they exist; second, that they will find you. Except for these two certainties, working for the Remnant means working in impenetrable darkness."

"Suppose that the United States wishes to pursue a policy of nonintervention. Unless attacked, we will not resort to military measures; and, as Washington and Jefferson advised, we will avoid entanglements in foreign quarrels."

Copper and nickel have a high dollar price because the dollar is rapidly losing its value, not because copper is scarce.

Envy-based policies seem to persist, whether in the form of progressive taxation or in assumptions that a state like New York can decide something as subjective as the reasonableness of salary contracts freely agreed upon.

"On the whole, removing the power of the state from economics has improved the lives of former communist citizens."

What is the right response to a recession? The first rule must be to do no harm.

"There is no aspect of the free-market economy that has suffered more scorn and contempt from 'modern' economists, whether frankly statist Keynesians or allegedly 'free market' Chicagoites, than has gold."

If Congress wants to end speculation, then I would suggest beginning with the deal makers at the Federal Reserve.

Ron Paul is well aware of the limited value of the Constitution: it is a far from ideal arrangement. Nevertheless, it remains the fundamental law of the United States and, if interpreted correctly, provides an excellent means to check the depredations of a government that violates its provisions.

They do it because they can. We fight for liberty because we must. No one else will do it for us.