The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.
LUDWIG VON MISESFreedom 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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German Marxian’s coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.
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He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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They can open the way to credit expansion by the banks. They can thus create an artificial boom and the appearance of prosperity. But such a boom is bound to collapse soon or late and to bring about a depression.
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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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All they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.
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There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against the growth in population.
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Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams.
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Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.
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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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If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.
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