War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way.

The usual terminology of political language is stupid. What is 'left' and what is 'right'? Why should Hitler be 'right' and Stalin, his temporary friend, be 'left'? Who is 'reactionary' and who is 'progressive'? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended.

What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.

A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state.

Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme in giving them the power to force all those engaged in production to comply with their orders. It forces all those engaged in production to the utmost exertion in the service of the consumers. It makes competition work. He who best serves the consumers profits most and accumulates riches.

Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.