Intellectual Quotes by Ludwig von Mises

11 Intellectual quotes by Ludwig von Mises

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Mises approaches the intellect from an economic and philosophical angle, and these eleven snippets capture his logical precision. Expect a tone that’s methodical, often defending the power of reason in shaping societies.

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The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.

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Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spiritual, and moral problem.

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Production is not something physical, material, and external; it is a spiritual and intellectual phenomenon.

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The flowering of human society depends on two factors: the intellectual power of outstanding men to conceive sound social and economic theories,…

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The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern…

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An intellectual inferiority of the masses would manifest itself most evidently in their aiming at the abolition of the system in which…

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They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder,…

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Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation…

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Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no…

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We do not assert that the capitalist mode of economic calculation guarantees the absolutely best solution of the allocation of factors of…

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“When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once…

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Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense…

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