John Stossel quotes

John Stossel is an American journalist and television personality known for his consumer reporting and libertarian viewpoints. His career includes work with major networks such as ABC and Fox News, where he hosted investigative programs. He is recognized for challenging conventional wisdom and promoting free-market principles. Here are 37 of his quotes:

I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15 years before I really woke up to the fact that almost everything government attempts to do, it makes worse. (John Stossel)
What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce more. Then, if there's a free market, people will trade their surpluses to each other for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer. View quote
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I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by government and lawyers to protect people. But after watching the regulators work, I have come to believe that markets are magical and the best protectors of the consumer. It is my job to explain the beauties of the free market. View quote
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The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the kids" and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better. View quote
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There is some good evidence man contributes to global warming. But I say, so what? We can deal with that. It's not a catastrophe. And cold is far worse for hurting people than warmth. View quote
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People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. View quote
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I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one. View quote
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The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love Wikipedia. I donated thousands of dollars to the Wikimedia Foundation. View quote
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The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be. (John Stossel)
The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable. View quote
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Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. View quote
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When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger. View quote
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I like taking the subway to work. View quote
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All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger. View quote
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Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert. View quote
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As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something. View quote
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We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. View quote
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Companies don't get rich hurting their customers. View quote
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Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die. (John Stossel)
Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better. View quote
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No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win. View quote
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You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't. View quote
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I was a closet stutterer. View quote
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