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For them the main thing is not to improve the conditions of the masses, but to harm the entrepreneurs and capitalists even if this policy victimizes the immense majority of the people.

Ludwig von Mises

This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
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Abuse Capitalism Destroy Eager Government Most Profit System Yet
If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their life with a sense of entitlement that undermine peace , freedom and liberty.
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Bless Dream Enlightenment Eternal Happiness Live Mean Possible State
The advocates of public control cannot do without inflation. They need it in order to finance their policy of reckless spending and of lavishly subsidizing and bribing the voters.
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Advocate Control Inflation Need Order Public Voter
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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Ask Essential Freedom Government Imprisoning More Ultimate
Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
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Against Evil Giving Invest Proceed
The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment without trial-that all these freedoms can be preserved in the absence of what is called economic freedom.
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Call Freedom Liberal Popular Press Religion Speech Though Today
The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society harms not only himself, but everyone.
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Addict Alcoholic Behavior Drug Gobverming Life Man Morality Person Rule
Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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Freedom Make Mean Mistake
The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement.
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Bless Championship Characteristics Garden Men Observation Progressive Recommend Routine Socialism System
The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.
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Always Government Issues Liberty Solution
The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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Causes Crash Credit Depression Four Panic Summed
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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Civilization Cultural Higher Living Standard
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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Additional Borrow Citizen Fund Government Job Provide Spend Taxi
Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.
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Apply Government Ink Institution Paper Take Valuable Worthless
The fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
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Customer Fundamentals Law Right
The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy.
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Act God Important Inflation Most Remember Things

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