When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.

The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit.

Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.

For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.

The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.

It is Enterprise which build and improves the world's possessions...If Enterprise is afoot, Wealth accumulates whatever may be happening to Thrift; and if Enterprise is asleep, Wealth decays, whatever Thrift may be doing.

It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly.