The idea of Socialism is at once grandiose and simple. . .We may say, in fact, that it is one of the most ambitious creations of the human spirit, . . .so magnificent, so daring, that it has rightly aroused the greatest admiration. If we wish to save the world from barbarism we have to refute Socialism, but we cannot thrust it carelessly aside.

Every collectivist assumes a different source for the collective will, according to his own political, religious and national convictions.

Only one thing can conquer war-that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

At eighty-eight how do you feel when getting up in the morning?...Amazed!

The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the authoritarian will.