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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.

Ludwig von Mises

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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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Evil Government Peace War Worst
As conditions are today, nothing can be more important to every intelligent man than economics. His own fate and that of his progeny are at stake.
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Condition Economic Important Intelligent Own Progeny Stake
The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.
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Despotism Freedom Oligarch Opinion Public Resistance Struggle Ultimately
Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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Freedom Make Mean Mistake
A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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Control Free Mean Over Press Private Production
He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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Citizen Fellow Rule Them Until Want
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
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Arm Employment Gendarme Government Hangmen Last Prison Resort Soldier
The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is, on the contrary, the corollary of the process that improves many peoples want satisfaction.
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Anybody Cause Contrary Corollary Entrepreneur Make People Poverty Process Rich Some Want
The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without.
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Come Country Danger Life Serious Way
Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams.
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Archive Bless Breath Breathe Dream Know Miracle Moment
Society 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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Arisen Essence Father Make Out Peace Society War Work
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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Accumulate Capital Economic Entrepreneur Progress Saver Turn
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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Disagree Fact Function Judgement Mean Member Mistake Society Value
The first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.
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First Freedom Order Requistle Return Speech Unrestricted
Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
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Call Consequences Government Intervention Marketplace Unintended
Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.
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Apply Government Ink Institution Paper Take Valuable Worthless

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