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> [More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is it that there are still poor countries and poor people around? But more money makes its monopolistic producer (the central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/more-paper-money-cannot-make-a-society-richer-of-course-it-is-just/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

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> [More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course, it is just more printed-paper. Otherwise why is it that there are still poor countries and poor people around?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/more-paper-money-cannot-make-a-society-richer-of-course-it-is-just-2/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

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## More by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

> [An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/an-expropriating-property-protector-the-state-through-taxation-is-a/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [If an agency is the ultimate judge in every case of conflict, then it is also judge in all conflicts involving itself. Consequently, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/if-an-agency-is-the-ultimate-judge-in-every-case-of-conflict-then-it/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [It is states that are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people and immeasurable destruction in the 20th century alone. Compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/it-is-states-that-are-responsible-for-the-deaths-of-hundreds-of/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [“However, not only external expansion of state power is brought about by the ideology of nationalism. War as the natural outgrowth of nationalism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/however-not-only-external-expansion-of-state-power-is-brought-about/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [The state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/the-state-operates-in-a-legal-vacuum-there-exists-no-contract-between/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/no-the-state-is-anything-but-the-result-of-a-contract-no-one-with/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [“First, with the establishment of a state and territorially defined state borders, “immigration” takes on an entirely new meaning. In a natural order, immigration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/first-with-the-establishment-of-a-state-and-territorially-defined/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is it that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/more-paper-money-cannot-make-a-society-richer-of-course-it-is-just/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [“In accordance with his high time preference, he may want to be a vagabond, a drifter, a drunkard, a junkie, a daydreamer, or simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/in-accordance-with-his-high-time-preference-he-may-want-to-be-a/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/what-is-true-just-and-beautiful-is-not-determined-by-popular-vote-the/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/the-state-spends-much-time-and-effort-persuading-the-public-that-it/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [Thanks to the central bank, most ‘monetary experts’ and ‘leading macro-economists’ can, by putting them on the payroll, be turned into government propagandists ‘explaining,’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/thanks-to-the-central-bank-most-monetary-experts-and-leading-macro/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [Private property implies exclusivity, inequality, and difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/private-property-implies-exclusivity-inequality-and-difference/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [“if the power of government rests on the widespread acceptance of false indeed absurd and foolish ideas, then the only genuine protection is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/if-the-power-of-government-rests-on-the-widespread-acceptance-of/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

> [With the socialization of the health care system through institutions such as Medicaid and Medicare and the regulation of the insurance industry (by restricting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hermann-hoppe/with-the-socialization-of-the-health-care-system-through-institutions/)

[Hans-Hermann Hoppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hermann-hoppe/)

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