Finance Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

Once the idea is accepted that money is something whose supply is determined simply by the printing press, it becomes impossible for the politicians…

— Henry Hazlitt

Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the…

— Ronald Reagan

I think democracies are prone to inflation because politicians will naturally spend [excessively] - they have the power to print money and will use…

— Charlie Munger

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

— John Maynard Keynes

The power to regulate the value of money does not involve a power to dilute the value of money by inflation, an absurd and…

— Thomas Woods

No one thinks of controlling inflation of a continental-sized country by holding back municipal tariffs. Macroeconomic stability cannot be achieved through microeconomic intervention.

— Fernando Haddad

Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the Federal Reserve…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Inflation is not an abstract idea thrown around by finance gurus. Inflation is a very real threat to the pocketbooks of hardworking Americans throughout…

— Tommy Tuberville

If one regards inflation as an evil, then one has to stop inflating. One has to balance the budget of the government.

— Ludwig von Mises

Inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

I am not against a little inflation.

— Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell