The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The democracy of the market consists in the fact that people themselves make their choices and that no dictator has the power… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the long run the ideas of the majority, however detrimental they may be, will carry on. The future of mankind depends… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When we call a capitalist society a consumers democracy we mean that the power to dispose of the means of production, which… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Spiritual movements are revolts of thought against inertia, of the few against the many; of those who because they are strong in… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The capitalist system of production is an economic democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. The consumers are the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There is no kind of freedom and liberty other than the kind which the market economy brings about. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
All this talk: the state should do this or that, ultimately means: the police should force consumers to behave otherwise than they would behave… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
