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 MISESLaissez 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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The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.
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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 first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.
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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 liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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It is the soil in which the seeds of freedom are nurtured and in which the autonomy of the individual and ultimately all intellectual and material progress are rooted.
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The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
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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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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.
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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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German Marxian’s coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.
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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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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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The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.
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