But we have inherited a vast number of social ills which never came from Nature. They are the complicated products of all the tinkering, muddling, and blundering of social doctors in the past.

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

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

The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

The millionaires are a product of natural selection ... the naturally selected agents of society for certain work. They get high wages and live in luxury, but the bargain is a good one for society.

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.