“History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.”
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The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
