Ludwig von Mises Quotes

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

Under capitalism everybody provides for their own needs by serving others.

The worst law is better than bureaucratic tyranny.

Society is best served when the means of production are in the possession of those who know how to use them best.

Unemployment doles can have no other effect than the perpetuation of unemployment.

The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.

He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits.

The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.

Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success.

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

German Marxian's coined the dictum: If socialism is against human nature, then human nature must be changed.

The market is a democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote.

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

Depression is the aftermath of credit expansion.

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

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

Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

Liberty is always freedom from the government.

Every socialist is a disguised dictator.

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.