John Stossel

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

“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.”

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

“I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than I did in college.”

“All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.”

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

“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.”

“The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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