Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Socialism means slavery.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Storm destroys, man also destroys, so man is a storm too! But contrary to storm, man can learn no to destroy!

What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.

Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with.

Indolence and melancholy: Each generates the other. If one can speak of such feeble passions as generating anything.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.

Of course it's difficult to know what the workers are really thinking because the capitalist press always only quotes mouthpieces like Vic Feather anyway.

You can be an amateur and have a passion for something, but it takes a long time to actually become a professional, meaning that you can handle any situation.

Little boys are a ton of fun.