The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.
LUDWIG VON MISESWhat mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without.
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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 worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.
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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 mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.
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Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams.
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For them the main thing is not to improve the conditions of the masses, but to harm the entrepreneurs and capitalists even if this policy victimizes the immense majority of the people.
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Laissez faire does not mean: let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: let individuals choose how they want to cooperate in the social division of labor and let them determine what the entrepreneurs should produce.
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Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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