In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

Life is an irreversible process and for that reason its future can never be a repetition of the past.

Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to his country with ties which though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. That is why young men die in battle for their countrys sake and why old men plant trees they will never sit under.

You don't have to preach honesty to men with a creative purpose. A genuine craftsman will not adulterate this product. The reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't.

A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.