126 Quotes by John Stossel

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.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

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

Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

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.

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

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

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.

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