The state itself becomes more and more identified with the interests of those who run things than with the interests of the people in general.

That there is little hope of international order or lasting peace so long as every country is free to employ whatever measures it thinks desirable in its own immediate interest, however damaging they may be to others, needs little emphasis now.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

Liberty'''.that condition of man in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as possible in society

By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.

We did not realise how fragile our civilisation was.

Socialism can only be put into practice only by methods which most socialists disapprove.