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. – John Stossel
Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die. – John Stossel
Patrick Henry did not say, ‘Give me absolutely safety or give me death.’ America is supposed to be about freedom. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone’s share gets larger. – John Stossel
I’m an American. I’m for prosperity. I’ve discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government. – John Stossel
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
The one thing I’ve learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win. – John Stossel
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. – John Stossel
You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don’t. – John Stossel
