German Marxian’s coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.
LUDWIG VON MISESPrivate property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the authoritarian will.
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Liberty is always freedom from the government.
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Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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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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Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.
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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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True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money.
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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 greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed.
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Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
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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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The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy.
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The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.
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Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.
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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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