Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Anarchism misunderstands the real nature of man. It would be practicable only in a world of angels and saints — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Romanticism is man's revolt against reason, as well as against the condition under which nature has compelled him to live.” — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It is inherent in the nature of the capitalistic economy that, in the final analysis, the employment of the factors of production… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of… — 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
“In Nature too, much may exist that we do not like. But we cannot change the essential character of natural events. If,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
True, man cannot escape death. But for the present he is alive; and life, not death, takes hold of him... It is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Capital is not a free gift of God or of nature. It is the outcome of a provident restriction of consumption on… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are… — 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
