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“The questionable things of this world come to grief on their nature, the good ones on their own excesses.”

Evil Nature Good Excess

Book:A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

Source: A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

“It is no use seeking salvation in institutions, programs, and projects. We shall save ourselves only if more and more of us have the unfashionable courage to take counsel with our own souls and, in the midst of all this modern hustle and bustle, to bethink ourselves of the firm, enduring, and proved truths of life.”

Soul God Salvation Soul Searching Purposeful Living Higher Truth

Book:A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

Source: A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

“In spite of its alluring name, the welfare state stands or falls by compulsion. It is compulsion imposed upon us with the state’s power to punish noncompliance. Once this is clear, it is equally clear that the welfare state is an evil the same as every restriction of freedom.”

“As we approach the limits of reasonable consumption, the cult of the standard of life must end up in disillusionment and eventual repugnance.”

Industry Capitalism Socialism Consumption Materialistic Society Materialism Versus Spiritualism Standard Of Living

Book:A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

Source: A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

“The market economy is not everything. It must find its place in a higher order of things which is not ruled by supply and demand, free prices, and competition. It must be firmly contained within an all-embracing order of society in which the imperfections of and harshness of economic freedom are corrected by law and in which man is not denied conditions of life appropriate to his nature.”

Economics Welfare Free Market Welfare State Market Economy Economic Freedom Economic Philosophy Social Economics Ordoliberalism

Book:A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

Source: A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

“It is economism to allow material gain to obscure the danger that we may forfeit liberty, variety, and justice and that the concentration of power may grow, and it is also economism to forget that people do not live by cheaper vacuum cleaners alone but by other and higher things which may wither in the shadows of giant industries and monopolies.”

Liberty Industry Capitalism Economics Socialism Materialism Materialism Versus Spiritualism Social Economics Economism

Book:A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

Source: A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market