The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.
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.
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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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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation of the authoritarian will.
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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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The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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The fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
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Liberty is always freedom from the government.
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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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The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy.
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They 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.
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