Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping toward destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.

The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.

Many pioneers of these industrial changes, it is true, became rich. But they acquired their wealth by supplying the public with motor cars, airplanes, radio sets, refrigerators, moving and talking pictures, and variety of less spectacular but no less useful innovations. These new products were certainly not an achievement of offices and bureaucrats.

Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.