The Greatest Lover, Horseman and Economist

From our friends at Cafe Hayek, some excellent quotes from Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter:

The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within reach of factory girls.

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Humanity does not care for freedom. The mass of the people realize they are not up to it: what they want is being fed, led, amused, and above everything, drilled. But they do care for the phrase.

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Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with keeping in the saddle that they can't bother about where they go.