“If any of the socialist chiefs had tried to earn his living by selling hot dogs, he would have learned something about… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
So far as Feminism seeks to adjust the legal position of woman to that of man, so far as it seeks to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. — 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 most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Socialism in Russia has not brought about an improvement in the conditions of the average man which can be compared with the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The member of a contractual society is free because he serves others only in serving himself. What restrains him is only the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates himself peacefully into the social order.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Freedom and liberty always mean freedom from police interference. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
There is no other planning for freedom and general welfare than to let the market system work. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It is completely in accord with the etatist thinking prevalent everywhere today to consider a theory to be finally disposed of merely… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“More dangerous than bayonets and cannon are the weapons of the mind.” — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The struggle for freedom is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities, sometimes of a minority of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied...… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father… — 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
