Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money.

The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production, but mass production to satisfy the needs of the masses.

Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of his life; he inherited it from his ancestors and it never changed.

The market and its inescapable law are supreme.

The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.

The concept of a 'just' or 'fair' price is devoid of any scientific meaning; it is a disguise for wishes, a striving for a state of affairs different from reality.