That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.

The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.

That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.

Social progress makes the well-being of all more and more the business of each.