The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
LUDWIG VON MISESIn a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.
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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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The first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.
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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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To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing… so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring about the inevitable decline of the civilization which the nations of the West have taken thousands of years to build up.
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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 mark of the creative mind is that it defies a part of what it has learned.
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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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The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.
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There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against the growth in population.
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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.
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The fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
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All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.
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The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.
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For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created.
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