Good government has to mean less government. John Stossel More Quotes by John Stossel More Quotes From John Stossel ..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means knowing truth from falsehood, knowing the difference between evidence and wishful thinking. Yes, the real world is mysterious and sometimes frightening. But would the supernatural make it better? The real world has beauty, poetry, love and the joy of honest discovery. Isn't that enough? John Stossel real mean thinking Give me a break - They say taxes are inevitable, like death. At least death doesn't come every year. John Stossel break giving years We like to think we're superior to the people who, centuries ago, burned 'witches' for no better reason than a neighbor's belief that his crop failure or impotence was caused by that woman's action. But reporters are still prone to the same mental errors that caused these killings: seeing patterns where there are none, finding causes where there is only coincidence, ignoring our sources' political agendas and turning scanty evidence into panic. John Stossel errors people thinking Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions John Stossel individual decision life-is Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better. John Stossel monopoly groups government Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying? John Stossel choices dying country 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. John Stossel regulation competition simple Asking someone in the media about liberal bias is like asking a fish about water. 'Huh, what are you talking about? Where is it?' John Stossel media talking water The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians. John Stossel politician government needs Companies don't get rich hurting their customers. John Stossel company rich hurt It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities. John Stossel responsibility people I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15 years before I really woke up to the fact that almost everything government attempts to do, it makes worse. John Stossel government long years I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one. John Stossel anchors wanted years What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.' John Stossel wanting-someone compassion mean I like taking the subway to work. John Stossel subway 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. John Stossel bully jobs kids I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word. John Stossel libertarian terrible Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor. John Stossel poor government people Markets are too complex to manipulate beneficially. John Stossel complexes manipulate Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare. John Stossel scams government running
