The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
This is the difference between slavery and freedom. The slave must do what his superior orders him to do, but the free… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The welfare of a people lies not in casting other peoples down but in peaceful collaboration.” — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
As the liberal sees it, the task of the state consists solely and exclusively in guaranteeing the protection of life, health, liberty,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The men who are to protect the community against violent aggression easily turn into the most dangerous aggressors. They transgress their mandate.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“If one prevents a man from working for the good of society while at the same time providing for the satisfaction of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
...this remedy is the power of the citizens; they have to prevent the establishment of such an autocratic regime that arrogates to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Socialism is an alternative to capitalism as potassium cyanide is an alternative to water.” — 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, 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
