“With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.”

“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public”

“Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.”

“The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.”

“I was generally in favor of segregation of the dead and the living.”

“Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. --Ezra Pound”