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.
LUDWIG VON MISESA free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement.
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Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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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 alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society harms not only himself, but everyone.
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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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Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.
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Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams.
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The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation.
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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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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