This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.

Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.

The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

God helps those who help others.

People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait.

Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. "I'm coming back some day," they all wrote. But never did. The old life was too small to fit anymore.

Hoboken is a neat place.

It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.

When I am willing, all sound is available to me.

Time's a funny thing, bending, warping, stretching, and compressing, all depending on perspective.

To know yourself is the first and most important step in pursuing your dreams and goals.