Money Quotes by Ludwig von Mises

Public opinion always wants easy money, that is, low interest rates.

— Ludwig von Mises

Both force and money are impotent against ideas.

— Ludwig von Mises

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

— Ludwig von Mises

In capitalist enterprise there is no secure income and no security of wealth.

— Ludwig von Mises

All present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy.

— Ludwig von Mises

Only the naive inflationist's could believe that government could enrich mankind through fiat money.

— Ludwig von Mises

History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents… A lasting…

— Ludwig von Mises

No increase in the welfare of the member of society can result from the availability of an additional quantity of money.

— Ludwig von Mises

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a…

— Ludwig von Mises

If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.

— Ludwig von Mises

A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way.

— Ludwig von Mises

War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of…

— Ludwig von Mises

Inflation is an increase in the quantity of money without a corresponding increase in the demand for money, i.e., for cash holdings.

— Ludwig von Mises

Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But…

— Ludwig von Mises

Many pioneers of these industrial changes, it is true, became rich. But they acquired their wealth by supplying the public with motor…

— Ludwig von Mises

It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised…

— Ludwig von Mises

The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy,…

— Ludwig von Mises

People must learn that the accumulation of wealth by the successful conduct of business is the corollary of the improvement of their…

— Ludwig von Mises

To the grumbler who complains about the unfairness of the market system only one piece of advice can be given: If you…

— Ludwig von Mises

The riches of the rich are not the cause of the poverty of anybody; the process that makes some people rich is,…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand…

— Ludwig von Mises

Inequality of wealth and incomes is an essential feature of the market economy. It is the implement that makes the consumers supreme…

— Ludwig von Mises

Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises”. Here is an article he wrote in 1951, some two years after his magnum…

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The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich…

— Ludwig von Mises

Once public opinion is convinced that the increase in the quantity of money will continue and never come to an end, and…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Granted, many of them replied, that socialism may not result in riches for all but rather in a smaller production of wealth;…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Nonetheless, many people, and especially intellectuals, passionately loathe capitalism. As they see it, this ghastly mode of society’s economic organization has brought…

— Ludwig Von Mises

American authors or scientists are prone to consider the wealthy businessman as a barbarian, as a man exclusively intent upon making money.

— Ludwig von Mises

The masses, in their capacity as consumers, ultimately determine everybody's revenues and wealth.

— Ludwig von Mises

There cannot be stable money within an environment dominated by ideologies hostile to the preservation of economic freedom.

— Ludwig von Mises

Under the gold standard gold is money and money is gold. It is immaterial whether or not the laws assign legal tender…

— Ludwig von Mises

Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand…

— Ludwig von Mises

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

— Ludwig von Mises

What people today call inflation is not inflation, i.e., the increase in the quantity of money and money substitutes, but the general…

— Ludwig von Mises

The riches of successful entrepreneurs is not the cause of anybody's poverty; it is the consequence of the fact that the consumers…

— Ludwig von Mises

The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This…

— Ludwig von Mises

True, governments can reduce the rate of interest in the short run. They can issue additional paper money. They can open the…

— Ludwig von Mises

What is needed for a sound expansion of production is additional capital goods, not money or fiduciary media. The credit expansion is…

— Ludwig von Mises