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

Henry Stuart Hazlitt (November 28 1894 – July 9 1993) was an American economist philosopher literary critic and journalist for such publications as The Wall Street Journal The Nation The American Mercury Newsweek and The New York Times and he has been recognized as a leading interpreter of economic issues from the perspective of American conservatism and libertarianism.