A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows upon the common man.

There is no other planning for freedom and general welfare than to let the market system work.

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

A nation, therefore, has no right to say to a province: You belong to me, I want to take you. A province consists of its inhabitants. If anybody has a right to be heard in this case it is these inhabitants. Boundary disputes should be settled by plebiscite.

Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.

Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible to him. Looking backward upon the years of his own life, he realizes that many implements that were totally unknown in the days of his youth and many others which at that time could be enjoyed only by a small minority are now standard equipment of almost every household.

Almost all the fathers of socialism were members of the upper middle class or of the professions.