17 John Stossel Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Stossel

American Journalist

Born: Mar 6, 1947

Free Government Me People Will You

Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison

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

Innovation People World Prosperity Own Powers Self-Interest Discovery Fuel Acting

People like getting what they think is free stuff from government. John Stossel

Government People Free Think Free Stuff Stuff Like Getting

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

Government You Reality Money Power Corporate Corporations Only Could Force Protesting Against Persuade Use Actually Ton

Companies don't get rich hurting their customers. John Stossel

Rich Hurting Get Customers Companies

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

Fear Will Bad One Thing Never Learned Stuttering The One Thing Public Thing

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle. John Stossel

Me Struggle People See Ashamed

Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better. John Stossel

Government Better Will Monopoly Take Private Groups Away

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger. John Stossel

Free Everyone Entrepreneurs Share Pie Gets Grow Larger Compete

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

Good Creative People Go Away Every Too Others Month Thousand Restaurants More Factories Nobody Employ Employed Go Close America Get Bankrupt Them Productively Rescuing Creative People Away

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

You Win Think Unless Only Both Voluntary Transaction Happens

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

Government Problem Better Will Before Saw Intuitively Consumer Had Fail Reaction Make Because Doing Years Reporting Really Watch Bring

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

Government Fear Spent Airport Bad Security Scared About Combination Armor Dogs Were Ohio Body Millions

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

Business Competition Better Simple Made Saw Worse Criticizing Consumers Occasionally How Praising Regulation Help Things Started

I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word. John Stossel

Word Libertarian Terrible

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. John Stossel

Government Systems Kinds More Lawyers Efficient Than Much Compensation

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