The Reichswirtschaftsministerium ('Reich Ministry of Economic Affairs') tells the shop managers what and how to produce, at what prices and from whom to buy, at what prices and to whom to sell. It assigns every worker to his job and fixes his wages. It decrees to whom and on what terms the capitalists must entrust their funds. Market exchange is merely a sham.

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

Every specific tax, as well as the nation's whole tax system, becomes self-defeating above a certain height of the rates.

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

Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

The better an entrepreneur succeeds, the more is he vilified and themore is he soaked by taxation.