The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization, therefore, begins with private property.

What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.

The [liberals] consider profits as objectionable. The very existence of profits is in their eyes a proof that wage rates could be raised without harm to anybody. They speak of profit without dealing with loss. Profit and loss are the instruments by means of which the consumers keep a tight rein on all business activities. A profitable enterprise tends to expand; an unprofitable one tends to shrink. The elimination of profit renders production rigid and abolishes the consumer's control.

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

Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race.

Mankind does not drink alcohol because there are breweries, distilleries, and vineyards; men brew beer, distill spirits, and grow grapes because of the demand for alcoholic drinks.

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.