Why governments' attempts to pick winners produce more losers than winners.
"Politics are collective, and, like any collective activity, they are always tending towards brown-shirted goose steps on the one hand or red-flagged brain washes on the other", Parliament of Whores, Preface to the British Edition
"When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating", The Law (1850)