Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
LUDWIG VON MISESFree 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 riches of successful entrepreneurs is not the cause of anybody’s poverty; it is the consequence of the fact that the consumers are better supplied than they would have been in the absence of the entrepreneur’s efforts.
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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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Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.
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Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
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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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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.
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Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys.
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The gold standard makes the money’s purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.
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The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.
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A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.
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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.
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Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
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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 final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.
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