The main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy the individual is born into a collective and it is "natural" and proper for him to behave as members of this collective are expected to behave. Expected by whom? Of course, by those individuals to whom, by the mysterious decrees of some mysterious agency, the task of determining the collective will and directing the actions of the collective has been entrusted.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

The continued existence of society depends upon private property.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them.

During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.