The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.

The supremacy of public opinion determines not only the singular role that economics occupies in the complex of thought and knowledge. It determines the whole process of human history.

The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous trend toward an improvement in the general standard of living.

What makes the existence and the evolution of society possible is precisely the fact that peaceful cooperation under the social division of labor in the long run best serves the selfish concerns of all individuals. The eminence of the market society is that its whole functioning and operation is the consummation of this principle.

As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug.

Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power.

The development of capitalism consists in everyone having the right to serve the consumer better or more cheaply.