Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe 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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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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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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The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.
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Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
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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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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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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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Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
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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 criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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Inflation is the fiscal complement of statism and arbitrary government. It is a cog in the complex of policies and institutions which gradually lead toward totalitarianism .
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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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It is the soil in which the seeds of freedom are nurtured and in which the autonomy of the individual and ultimately all intellectual and material progress are rooted.
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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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