--- title: "5 Granted Quotes By Ludwig von Mises" description: "5 Granted quotes by Ludwig von Mises. Plus more from Ludwig von Mises and more Granted sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/ludwig-von-mises-364_banking_it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contem_178890.png" --- > [It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they take government interference with banking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contemporaries-to-conceive-of-the/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/ludwig-von-mises-364_banking_it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contem_178890.png) > [Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/used-to-the-conditions-of-a-capitalistic-environment-the-average-2/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/ludwig-von-mises-364_average_used-to-the-conditions-of-a-capitalistic_604755.png) > [Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/assistance-granted-to-the-unemployed-does-not-dispose-of-unemployment/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/ludwig-von-mises-364_assistance_assistance-granted-to-the-unemployed-doe_1057190.png) > [The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-luxury-of-today-is-the-necessity-of-tomorrow-every-advance-first/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/ludwig-von-mises-364_consumption_the-luxury-of-today-is-the-necessity-of_1516578.png) > [You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/you-have-the-courage-to-tell-the-masses-what-no-politician-told-them/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/ludwig-von-mises-364_age_you-have-the-courage-to-tell-the-masses_2631134.png) ## Other authors on Granted ## 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/granted/ludwig-von-mises/#itemlist", "name": "5 Granted Quotes By Ludwig von Mises", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they take government interference with banking for granted and as necessary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ludwig von Mises" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contemporaries-to-conceive-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/ludwig-von-mises-364_banking_it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contem_178890.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/ludwig-von-mises-364_banking_it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contem_178890.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/ludwig-von-mises-364_banking_it-is-extremely-difficult-for-our-contem_178890.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they…” — Ludwig von Mises", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible to him. 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