The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
LUDWIG VON MISESThere 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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[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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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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What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are.
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Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.
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The only source from which an entrepreneurs profits stem is his ability to anticipate better than other people the future demand of the consumers.
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Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of 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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Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.
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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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Every socialist is a disguised dictator.
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Free markets. What does this system mean? The answer is simple: it is the market economy, it is the system in which the cooperation of individuals in the social division of labor is achieved by the market.
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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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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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