--- title: "20 Citizens Quotes By Ludwig von Mises" description: "20 Citizens quotes by Ludwig von Mises. Plus more from Ludwig von Mises and more Citizens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ludwig-von-mises-364_anti-war_sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflict_1107602.png" --- > [Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflicting-harm-on-anyone-whether/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ludwig-von-mises-364_anti-war_sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflict_1107602.png) > [He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citizens-wants-to-rule-them/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citi_808025.png) > [The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-school-remove-the-incentive-to/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-sc_2003254.png) > [A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-having-to-the-best-of-his/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/ludwig-von-mises-364_ability_a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-h_521168.png) > [Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/public-works-are-not-accomplished-by-the-miraculous-power-of-a-magic/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/ludwig-von-mises-364_accomplished_public-works-are-not-accomplished-by-the_1672097.png) > [This is the difference between slavery and freedom. The slave must do what his superior orders him to do, but the free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/this-is-the-difference-between-slavery-and-freedom-the-slave-must-do/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_this-is-the-difference-between-slavery-a_2608402.png) > [Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/everybody-thinks-of-economics-whether-he-is-aware-of-it-or-not-in/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/ludwig-von-mises-364_ballots_everybody-thinks-of-economics-whether-he_1628891.png) > [Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/government-spending-cannot-create-additional-jobs-if-the-government/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/ludwig-von-mises-364_abolish_government-spending-cannot-create-additi_142361.jpg) > [Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required (think stimulus) by taxing the citizens or by borrowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/government-spending-cannot-create-additional-jobs-if-the-government-2/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/ludwig-von-mises-364_borrowing_government-spending-cannot-create-additi_849695.jpg) > [Within the market society each serves all his fellow citizens and each is served by them. It is a system of mutual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/within-the-market-society-each-serves-all-his-fellow-citizens-and/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_within-the-market-society-each-serves-al_2379392.png) > [The aim of the popularization of economic studies is not to make every man an economist. The idea is to equip the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-aim-of-the-popularization-of-economic-studies-is-not-to-make/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/ludwig-von-mises-364_aim_the-aim-of-the-popularization-of-economi_694403.png) > [Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/whether-we-like-it-or-not-it-is-a-fact-that-economics-cannot-remain/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de6/ludwig-von-mises-364_branches_whether-we-like-it-or-not-it-is-a-fact-t_2774345.png) > [The goal of liberalism is the peaceful cooperation of all men. It aims at peace among nations too. When there is private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-goal-of-liberalism-is-the-peaceful-cooperation-of-all-men-it-aims/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/ludwig-von-mises-364_administration_the-goal-of-liberalism-is-the-peaceful-c_2793544.jpg) > [Government force is derived from the sum of the physical force each citizen could exert which by one citizen himself would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/government-force-is-derived-from-the-sum-of-the-physical-force-each/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/ludwig-von-mises-364_areas_government-force-is-derived-from-the-sum_1333494.jpg) > [Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/violent-resistance-against-the-power-of-the-state-is-the-last-resort/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/ludwig-von-mises-364_activity_violent-resistance-against-the-power-of_2746492.jpg) > [The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-law-abiding-citizen-by-his-labor-serves-both-himself-and-his/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/ludwig-von-mises-364_abiding_the-law-abiding-citizen-by-his-labor-ser_2007161.jpg) > [The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-market-economy-is-the-social-system-of-the-division-of-labor/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/ludwig-von-mises-364_acting_the-market-economy-is-the-social-system_2285912.png) > [History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/history-does-not-provide-any-example-of-capital-accumulation-brought/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/ludwig-von-mises-364_accumulation_history-does-not-provide-any-example-of_2988900.png) > [The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-main-propoganda-trick-of-supporters-of-the-allegedly-progressive/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/ludwig-von-mises-364_adversaries_the-main-propoganda-trick-of-supporters_490325.jpg) > [...this remedy is the power of the citizens; they have to prevent the establishment of such an autocratic regime that arrogates to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/this-remedy-is-the-power-of-the-citizens-they-have-to-prevent-the/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/ludwig-von-mises-364_average_this-remedy-is-the-power-of-the-citizens_3120157.jpg) ## Other authors on Citizens ## More by Ludwig von Mises > [If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/if-the-members-of-parliament-no-longer-consider-themselves/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/changes-in-human-conditions-are-brought-about-by-the-pioneering-of/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/during-the-2300-years-since-plato-very-little-opposition-has-been/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/how-little-one-is-justified-in-speaking-in-this-connection-of/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/every-step-by-which-an-individual-substitutes-concerted-action-for/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-capitalistic-social-order-therefore-is-an-economic-democracy-in/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/without-calculation-economic-activity-is-impossible-since-under/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [There is no kind of freedom and liberty other than the kind which the market economy brings about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/there-is-no-kind-of-freedom-and-liberty-other-than-the-kind-which-the/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Peace and not war is the father of all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/peace-and-not-war-is-the-father-of-all-things/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/what-counts-alone-is-the-innovator-the-dissenter-the-harbinger-of/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/in-reality-no-food-is-valued-solely-for-its-nutritive-power-and-no/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [All this talk: the state should do this or that, ultimately means: the police should force consumers to behave otherwise than they would behave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/all-this-talk-the-state-should-do-this-or-that-ultimately-means-the/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-most-successful-businessmen-were-often-uneducated-when-measured/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Two hundred years ago, before the advent of capitalism, a man's social status was fixed from the beginning to the end of his life;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/two-hundred-years-ago-before-the-advent-of-capitalism-a-man-s-social/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) > [Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/facts-per-se-can-neither-prove-nor-refute-anything-everything-is/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/citizens/ludwig-von-mises/#itemlist", "name": "20 Citizens Quotes By Ludwig von Mises", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludwig von Mises" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflicting-harm-on-anyone-whether/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ludwig-von-mises-364_anti-war_sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflict_1107602.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ludwig-von-mises-364_anti-war_sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflict_1107602.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ludwig-von-mises-364_anti-war_sovereignty-must-not-be-used-for-inflict_1107602.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.” — Ludwig von Mises", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludwig von Mises" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citizens-wants-to-rule-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citi_808025.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citi_808025.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_he-who-is-unfit-to-serve-his-fellow-citi_808025.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.” — Ludwig von Mises", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludwig von Mises" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-school-remove-the-incentive-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-sc_2003254.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-sc_2003254.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/ludwig-von-mises-364_citizens_the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-sc_2003254.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.” — Ludwig von Mises", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails in his civic duties.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludwig von Mises" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-having-to-the-best-of-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/ludwig-von-mises-364_ability_a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-h_521168.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/ludwig-von-mises-364_ability_a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-h_521168.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/ludwig-von-mises-364_ability_a-citizen-who-casts-his-ballot-without-h_521168.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he…” — Ludwig von Mises", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. 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