In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!

Socialistic practices are now so ingrained in our thinking, so customary, so much a part of our mores, that we take them for granted.

There is really nothing that can be done except by an individual. Only individuals can learn. Only individuals can think creatively. Only individuals can cooperate. Only individuals can combat statism.

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.

There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'

I would like to suggest to you that the extent to which government in America has departed from the original design of in habiting the destructive actions of man and invoking a common justice; the extent to which government has invaded the productive and creative areas; the extent to which the government in this country has assumed the responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of our people is a measure of the extent to which socialism has developed here in this land of ours.

What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism, and welfare statism.