History is only a tiresome repetition of one story.

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.

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

The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.

It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

Then, again, the ability to organize and conduct industrial, commercial, or financial enterprises is rare; the great captains of industry are as rare as great generals.