It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom.
LUDWIG VON MISESGovernment is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
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The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.
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The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from buying decide who should own the capital and run the plants. They determine what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.
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The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done.
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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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In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.
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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.
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The struggle for freedom is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities, sometimes of a minority of but one man gainst the majority.
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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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Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world
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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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The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value.
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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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