Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
LUDWIG VON MISESThere is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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In such vital matters blind reliance upon ‘experts’ and uncritical acceptance of popular catchwords and prejudices is tantamount to the abandonment of self-determination and to yielding to other people’s domination.
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The fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
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The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
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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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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 essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation.
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Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
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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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True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money.
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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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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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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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German Marxian’s coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.
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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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