Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
LUDWIG VON MISES
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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Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
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Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
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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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All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out
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The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy.
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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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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.
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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.
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He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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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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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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The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.
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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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