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A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

Ludwig von Mises

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The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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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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Free markets. What does this system mean? The answer is simple: it is the market economy, it is the system in which the cooperation of individuals in the social division of labor is achieved by the market.
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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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