In 1790, there were about 4 million people in the U.S. and about 290 million in China. They were just as smart as we were. They had a climate that was about the same as ours. And yet we did enormously well over the next 217 years... as compared to China. Now, why did we do that? Well, we had a market system, a rule of law, and equality of opportunity... and that system unleashed the potential of citizens in the United States to an extent far greater than in many countries including, up until recently, China.

BUFFETT, WARREN

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

HARVEY, PAUL, The Rest of the Story, August 31, 1984

The republics of Europe are all (and we may say always) in peace. Holland and Switzerland are without wars, foreign or domestic: Monarchical governments, it is true, are never long at rest.

PAINE, THOMAS, Common Sense