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

Both force and money are impotent against ideas.

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

The greater productivity of work under the division of labor is a unifying influence. It leads men to regard each other as comrades in a joint struggle for welfare, rather than as competitors in a struggle for existence. It makes friends out of enemies, peace out of war, society out of individuals.

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race.

Nobody is in a position to decree what should make a fellow man happier.