They do not realize that, in a system where there is no market, where the government directs everything, all those other freedoms are illusory, even if they are made into laws and written up in constitutions.
LUDWIG VON MISESThey promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.
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Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
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The planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan.
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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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The 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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He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.
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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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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from buying decide who should own the capital and run the plants. They determine what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.
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Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
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True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money.
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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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Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.
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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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Liberty is always freedom from the government.
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