John Stossel Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.”

“No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win.”

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

“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.”

“But nothing is better than the market, where the customer and the business deal directly with each other, because if you rip people off, word gets out. That business eventually loses its customers, and the good ones that serve people well get the business. You get government in there, and it's just more money for the lawyers who write the bills.”

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

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

“You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.”