“My take on socialism is this: Socialism only seems to work when you don't fully implement it, when you keep enough capitalism around to pay socialism's bills, at least for a time. It's the difference

“The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped. What the advocates of these tax rates fail to realize is that

“Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism.” -Murray Rothbard

“When the central bank lowers interest rates below what they would have reached on the market, it sets in motion a series of responses by investors and consumers that will prove to be incompatible.” -Mark

“A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative

“Putting aside the concerns about the intentions of the rulers and the incentives for the workers, socialism cannot work because the central planner(s) would lack market prices and hence would have no

“I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being

“The State then uses this monopoly to wield power over the inhabitants of the area and to enjoy the material fruits of that power.” -Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

“There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further

“The best way to help the poor is to slash taxes and allow savings, investment, and creation of jobs to proceed unhampered.” -Murray Rothbard

“You don't drive an economy by consuming - the consumer is not the engine, the consumer is the caboose.” -Peter Schiff

“Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.” -Ludwig von Mises

“The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.” -Henry Hazlitt

“If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right to sustain his life by grappling with and transforming resources; he must be able

“Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is the only philosophy compatible with

“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.” -Ludwig von Mises

“It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the exercise of loving care; government

“Egalitarianism, in every form and shape, is incompatible with the idea of private property.” -Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“Government is essentially the negation of liberty.” -Ludwig von Mises

“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.” -Frederich Hayek