Gary North

“All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling intellectual elite.”

“Ideas have consequences.”

“The free market is a process, not a destination.”

“Every political order has a god, and the god of that political order is the source of law for that political order.”

“He who has the gold makes the rules.”

“Socialism is the institutionalization of envy.”

“The first rule of economics is that there is an inescapable scarcity. The first rule of politics is to ignore the first rule of economics.”

“The long-run is a series of short-runs.”

“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work.”

“The idea of a neutral civil government is a myth.”

“Debt is a form of slavery.”

“You can't get something for nothing.”

“In the long run, the sword of the state is no match for the sword of the Spirit.”

“Taxation is theft.”

“The ultimate source of the law is the god of a society.”

“The Bible is a textbook on economics.”

“There are no neutral facts, and there are no neutral laws.”

“History is the story of a covenant-keeping God dealing with covenant-breaking men.”

“The Federal Reserve is the engine of inflation.”

“A worldview is a constellation of presuppositions.”