The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

All almsgiving inevitably tends to pauperize the recipient.

In the market economy the worker sells his services as other people sell their commodities. The employer is not the employee's lord. He is simply the buyer of services which he must purchase at their market price.

The planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan.

Capital does not 'beget profit' as Marx thought. The capital goods as such are dead things that in themselves do not accomplish anything. If they are utilized according to a good idea, profit results. If they are utilized according to a mistaken idea, no profit or losses result. It is the entrepreneurial decision that creates either profit or loss.