A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
LUDWIG VON MISESLiberty is always freedom from the government.
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The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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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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The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society harms not only himself, but everyone.
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Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
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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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Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
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If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.
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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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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody…It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous.
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Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
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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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Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
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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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The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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