The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment without trial-that all these freedoms can be preserved in the absence of what is called economic freedom.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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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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If one rejects laissez faire on account of mans fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement.
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Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.
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The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.
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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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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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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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True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money.
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Every socialist is a disguised dictator.
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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.
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[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics
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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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