Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power.

As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

An abstraction will move a mountain: Nothing can withstand an idea.

Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to extort your fees and collect your pupils by compulsion?

As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.