The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
LUDWIG VON MISESDepressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
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Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.
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Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
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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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Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
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There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion.
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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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The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without.
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He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
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In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.
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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
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Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.
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The liars must be afraid of the truth and are therefore driven to suppress its pronouncement.
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[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics
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What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.
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A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization.
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