Back on the Road to Serfdom Quotes

“No longer does it make sense for an inventor to ask himself, “Can I make a better mousetrap?” because the threat is greater that the government might ban his mousetrap, however safe and efficient it is.”
― Thomas E. Woods Jr., Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism

“Big business learned that if you stopped fighting big government, you could profit from it by killing your smaller competitors.”
― Thomas E. Woods Jr., Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism

“Government departments are arranged hierarchically; those at the top are used to issuing orders and expect them to be carried out by their subordinates right down the line. Minow assumed that a cultural institution like television has a similar hierarchical structure, as if television executives could requisition more creative programming the way a bureaucrat orders new pencils or department stationery.”
― Thomas E. Woods Jr., Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism

“As Hayek, Milton Friedman, and so many others pointed out, a state with power, means, and inclination to intervene so heavily in economic affairs is unlikely to stop there. In the process of all this, religion and civil society are crowded out, appreciation for their role languishes, and the groundwork is laid for more restrictions on them in the future.”
― Thomas E. Woods Jr., Back on the Road to Serfdom: The Resurgence of Statism