Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.
Hans F. SennholzWhen individual enterprise is free and unhampered, profit-and-loss calculations set precise limits to a businessman's temptations to expand his services... a government valuable they may be, have no market price and, therefore, cannot be subjected to profit-and-loss accounting.
Hans F. SennholzThe gold standard, in one form or another, will prevail long after the present rash of national fiats is forgotten or remembered only in currency museums.
Hans F. SennholzGovernment welfare programs contribute to the disintegration of poor families. They make women and children dependent on government; dependent for food, for clothing, for shelter; and reward fatherless families with extra benefits and welfare perks.
Hans F. SennholzThe social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause budget deficits to soar. The U.S. dollar, which has become a mere corollary of government finance, is likely to survive the soaring deficits.
Hans F. Sennholz