The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Trade has ever been the extinguisher of war, the eradicator of prejudice, the diffuser of knowledge.

What would happen to the individual if all the functions of the body were placed under the control of the consciousness is what would happen to a nation in which all individual activities were directed by government.

Liberty calls to us again. We must follow her further; we must trust her fully. Either we must wholly accept her or she will not stay. It is not enough that men should vote; it is not enough that they should be theoretically equal before the law. They must have liberty to avail themselves of the opportunities and means of life; they must stand on equal terms with reference to the bounty of Nature.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.