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In the world of reality, life, and human action there is no such thing as interests independent of ideas, preceding them temporarily…

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The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. The wars of our age are not at variance with popular economic doctrines;…

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Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men.

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

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The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is…

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

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The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are…

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Capital does not 'beget profit' as Marx thought. The capital goods as such are dead things that in themselves do not accomplish…

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Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions.…

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The real bosses in the capitalist system of market economy are the consumers. They by their buying and by their abstention from…

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The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency…

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Do the American voters know that the unprecedented improvement in their standard of living that the last hundred years brought was the…

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The unpopularity of economics is the result of its analysis of the effects of privileges. It is impossible to invalidate the economists…

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There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether…

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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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The truth is that capitalism has not only multiplied population figures, but at the same time, improved the people's standard of living…

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Changes in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest…

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During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas.

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“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims…

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Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages…

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The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent…

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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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There is no kind of freedom and liberty other than the kind which the market economy brings about.

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Peace and not war is the father of all things.

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What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional standards and aims at…

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In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold…

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All this talk: the state should do this or that, ultimately means: the police should force consumers to behave otherwise than they would behave…

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The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social…

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