All attempts to coerce the living will of human beings into the service of something they do not want must fail

If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits from the treasury, democracy is done for.

Welfare policies never attain those - allegedly beneficial - ends which the government and the self-styled progressives who advocated them wanted to attain, but - on the contrary - bring about a state of affairs which - from the very point of view of the government and its supporters - is even more unsatisfactory than the previous state of affairs they wanted to 'improve.'

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

If people do not consume their whole incomes, the non-consumed surplus can be invested, it increases the amount of capital goods available and thereby makes it possible to embark upon projects which could not be executed before.

The masses, in their capacity as consumers, ultimately determine everybody's revenues and wealth.

Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.