The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ' that there is no alternative

If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.

Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.

What works for Sweden wouldn't work for France or Germany or Italy. In a small state, you can reach outside for many of your activities. In a homogeneous culture, they are willing to pay higher taxes in order to achieve commonly held goals. But "common goals" are much harder to come by in larger, more heterogeneous populations.