If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

We live in a war of two antagonistic ethical philosophies, the ethical policy taught in the books and schools, and the success policy.

It is not the function of the State to make men happy. They must make themselves happy in their own way, and at their own risk. The functions of the State lie entirely in the conditions or chances under which the pursuit of happiness is carried on.

If you allow a political catchword to go on and grow, you will awaken some day to find it standing over you, arbiter of your destiny, against which you are powerless.

The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying that yearning which can do aught else than rob A to give to B; consequently all such plans nourish some of the meanest vices of human nature, waste capital, and overthrow civilization.