The mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.
LUDWIG VON MISESSocialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
LUDWIG VON MISESHistorical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
LUDWIG VON MISESAll they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems.
LUDWIG VON MISESIf you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.
LUDWIG VON MISESLiberty is always freedom from the government.
LUDWIG VON MISESThey 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.
LUDWIG VON MISESCapitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
LUDWIG VON MISESThe fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
LUDWIG VON MISESUnder capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
LUDWIG VON MISESSocialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys.
LUDWIG VON MISESWhoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
LUDWIG VON MISESAll rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.
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