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
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
No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money. — 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
Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion of the alleged equality of all members of the human race. — 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 liberals of the eighteenth century, guided by the ideas of natural law and of the Enlightenment, demanded for everyone equality of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A nation cannot prosper if its members are not fully aware of the fact that what alone can improve their condition s… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Plato and Hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Almost all the fathers of socialism were members of the upper middle class or of the professions. — 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
