This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
LUDWIG VON MISESSociety has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.
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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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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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Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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It is the soil in which the seeds of freedom are nurtured and in which the autonomy of the individual and ultimately all intellectual and material progress are rooted.
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The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.
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Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
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Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
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In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.
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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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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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