The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
LUDWIG VON MISESCapitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
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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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The struggle for freedom is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities, sometimes of a minority of but one man gainst the majority.
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Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.
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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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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.
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What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.
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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.
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He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action.
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