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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

Ludwig von Mises

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They 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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Bless Bureau Clerk Garden Man Promise Subordinate Transform
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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Doe Giving Government Somebody Truth
The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.
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Common Country Entrepreneur Higher Man Men Number Standard
The philosophy underlying the system of progressive taxation is that the income and wealth of the well-to-do classes can be freely tapped.
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Class Freely Philosophy Progressive Tap Taxation Wealth
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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Catchwork Domination Matter Other Person Popular Reliance Vital Yield
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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Disagree Fact Function Judgement Mean Member Mistake Society Value
There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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Anyone Evade Mean Personal Responsibility
Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
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Corollary Economic Government Market Political Representative Socialism
The only source from which an entrepreneurs profits stem is his ability to anticipate better than other people the future demand of the consumers.
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Ability Anticipate Demand Entrepreneur Future Other People Profit Source Stem
The gold standard makes the money’s purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.
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Ambition Change Defeat Doctrine Excellent Independent Make Money Party Political Purchase Standard
Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
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Call Consequences Government Intervention Marketplace Unintended
Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.
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Doctor Hard Most Renowned Self University Work
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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Consider Courage Intelectual Most Movement People Popular Truth
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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According Dictator Other Own People Plan Planner Potential Power Want Deprive
German Marxian’s coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.
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Against Change Coin Country Human Human Nature Nature Philosophy Political Socialism
He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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Best Highest Make Profit Public Service

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