The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.
LUDWIG VON MISESIn 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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It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom.
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The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is, on the contrary, the corollary of the process that improves many peoples want satisfaction.
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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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The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by governments.
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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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There is no means by which anyone can evade his personal responsibility.
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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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Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.
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All they did was to call their adversaries names and cast suspicion upon their motives. And, unfortunately, the average citizen cannot see through these stratagems.
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Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
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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 greater the amount of capital invested per head of the worker, the more and better goods can be produced and consumed.
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As conditions are today, nothing can be more important to every intelligent man than economics. His own fate and that of his progeny are at stake.
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