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Capitalism needs neither prop...

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

It is important to remember t...

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. 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.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

The gold standard makes the m...

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.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

The flowering of human societ...

The flowering of human society depends on two factors: the intellectual power of outstanding men to conceive sound social and economic theories, and the ability of these or other men to make these ideologies palatable to the majority.

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The standard of living of the...

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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True, governments can reduce ...

True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money. They can open the way to credit expansion by the banks. They can thus create an artificial boom and the appearance of prosperity. But such a boom is bound to collapse soon or late and to bring about a depression.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

Every government intervention...

Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

All rational action is in the...

All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

The Welfare State is merely a...

The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

A society that chooses betwee...

A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

State interference in economi...

State interference in economic life, which calls itself economic policy, has done nothing but destroy economic life. Prohibitions and regulations have by their general obstructive tendency fostered the growth of the spirit of wastefulness.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

The riches of successful entr...

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.

Ludwig von Mises 577 quotes

It is certain that many intel...

It is certain that many intellectuals envy the higher income of prosperous businessmen and that these feelings drive them toward socialism. They believe that the authorities of a socialist commonwealth would pay them higher salaries than those that they earn under capitalism.

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Many who are self-taught far ...

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

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The causes of all panics, cra...

The causes of all panics, crashes and depressions can be summed up in only four words: the misuse of credit.

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[E]conomic history is a long ...

[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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The history of mankind is the...

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. For it is ideas, theories, and doctrines that guide human action, determine the ultimate ends men aim at, and the choice of the means employed for the attainment of these ends.

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Economics is not about things...

Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.

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Economic progress is the work...

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.

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Education rears disciples, im...

Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of progress and improvement, but conservatories of tradition and unvarying modes of thought.

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