Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
LUDWIG VON MISESHistorical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
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None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.
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The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.
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Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.
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There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion.
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It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom.
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Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys.
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The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.
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The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.
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Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.
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Their attitudes result either in profit or in loss for the enterpriser. They make poor men rich and rich men poor. They are no easy bosses.
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Every socialist is a disguised dictator.
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Depression is the aftermath of credit expansion.
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If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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