A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.

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.

Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.

If the government objects to monopoly prices for new inventions, it should stop granting patents.

Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power.

Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.

The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism.