Aim Quote by Tacitus

Experience shows that nothing is operated with less economy and with more waste of labor and material of every kind than public services and…

— Ludwig von Mises

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

No private enterprise will ever fall prey to bureaucratic methods of management if it is operated with the sole aim of making profit.

— Ludwig von Mises

“Ideas are dangerous, but the man to whom they are least dangerous is the man of ideas. He is acquainted with ideas, and moves…

— G.K. Chesterton

Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for…

— William Blake

The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen that with…

— Juan Enriquez

In capitalism, profit does not come out of another man's hardship; it comes out of new production of new wealth that's never existed before.

— Andrew Joseph Galambos

We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.

— Donald Rumsfeld

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity…

— Confucius

I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of…

— Niall Ferguson

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

— Anonymous

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters

— E. F. Schumacher