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.
LUDWIG VON MISESHe who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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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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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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Planning other people’s actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
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Liberty is always freedom from the government.
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In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.
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The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value.
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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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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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Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
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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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[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics
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The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
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