Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
LUDWIG VON MISESTheir attitudes result either in profit or in loss for the enterpriser. They make poor men rich and rich men poor. They are no easy bosses.
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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 state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.
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They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.
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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.
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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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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.
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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.
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The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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Freedom 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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It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action.
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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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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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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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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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