Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
LUDWIG VON MISESThose who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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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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The greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed.
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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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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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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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This is what capitalism, the much abused profit system, has brought about and brings about daily anew. Yet, most present-day governments and political parties are eager to destroy this system.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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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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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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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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None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.
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Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.
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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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Planning other people’s actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
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