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The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody…It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous.

Ludwig von Mises

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To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing… so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring about the inevitable decline of the civilization which the nations of the West have taken thousands of years to build up.
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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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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 worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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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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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 worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.
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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.
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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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Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
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The whole grim apparatus of oppression and coercion, policemen, customs guards, penal courts, prisons, in some countries even executioners, had to be put into action in order to destroy the gold standard.
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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 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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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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