“Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.”

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action.

If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.

Depression is the aftermath of credit expansion.

Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.

Inflation is the fiscal complement of statism and arbitrary government. It is a cog in the complex of policies and institutions which gradually lead toward totalitarianism .

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.

The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.

Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

Laissez faire does not mean: let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: let individuals choose how they want to cooperate in the social division of labor and let them determine what the entrepreneurs should produce.

The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.

This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.

The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation.

If people don’t think the odds are against you, you’re doing it wrong.

If anti-gay stuff is always coming out of your mouth, something very gay is probably going in.

I am against marriage, and I don’t give a fig for society.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We’re in a race against time, until we run out of money.

When the world’s against me is when I really come alive.

Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.

It is always more difficult to fight successfully against Faith than against knowledge.

Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.