Never was it [Capitalism] imposed on life as a system, or at all. It grew out of life, not all at once but gradually, and is therefore one of the great natural designs. When it was found and identified by such men as Adam Smith, who wrote its bible, and Karl Marx, who wrote its obituary too soon, it was already working.

To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan's first view of China - so rich, so soft, so unaware.

Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.

There is a long history of monetary experience. It tells us that government is at heart a counterfeiter and therefore cannot be trusted to control money, and that this is true of both autocratic and popular government.

Business is in itself a power.

There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse.

Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.