Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.
More Ludwig von Mises Quotes
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The first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.
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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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Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.
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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 planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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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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All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out
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Every socialist is a disguised dictator.
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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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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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Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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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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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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