JOHN STOSSEL

Companies don't get rich hurting their customers.

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.

The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

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

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

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

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.

I was a closet stutterer.

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

I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than I did in college.

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

I won't ever got to a place that's racist, and I will tell everybody else not to and I'll speak against them. But it should be their right to be racist.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

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

I like taking the subway to work.

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

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

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.

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

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

Private businesses ought to get to discriminate.

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

Give me a break.

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.