Henry Hazlitt Quotes

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.
Henry Hazlitt

Money, Power, Put

The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.
Henry Hazlitt

Past, Fact, Ideas

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
Henry Hazlitt

Art, Group, Looking

The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector.
Henry Hazlitt

Fact, Public, Economy

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
Henry Hazlitt

Success, Strong, End

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: November 28, 1894

Died: July 8, 1993

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