No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.

The first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

It is indeed one of the principal drawbacks of every kind of interventionism that it is so difficult to reverse the process.

There is, in fact, only one solution: the state, the government, the laws must not in any way concern themselves with schooling or education. Public funds must not be used for such purposes. The rearing and instruction of youth must be left entirely to parents and to private associations and institutions

If it is unnecessary to adjust the amount of expenditure to the means available, there is no limit to the spending of the great god State.

Thus, the isolated interference with one or a few prices of consumer goods always bring about effects-and this is important to realize-which are even less satisfactory than the conditions that prevailed before.