“Freedom and personal autonomy are more important to people’s well-being than money…”

American Psychological Association

(Actually, the linked article is a pretty interesting read–for a bunch of shrinks…)

“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”

–Ronald Reagan

“Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”

–Frederic Bastiat

“The more laws and restrictions there are, the poorer the people become.”

–Lao Tzu

“You are here for the joy and delight of your soul.”

–Amish saying about life on earth

“The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.”

–Dame Margot Fonteyn