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.
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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The greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed.
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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
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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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Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
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The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose incomes are larger than their own. This bias makes it impossible for them to see things as they really are.
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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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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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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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Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
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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.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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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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