“ The valuations which result in determination of definite prices are different. Each party attaches a higher value to the good he receives than to that he gives away. The exchange ratio, the price, is… Ludwig von Mises
“ Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop. Ludwig von Mises
“ The welfare of a people lies not in casting other peoples down but in peaceful collaboration. Ludwig von Mises
“ The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the str… Ludwig von Mises
“ What ranks above all else for economic and political reconstruction is a radical change of ideologies. Economic prosperity is not so much a material problem; it is, first of all, an intellectual, spir… Ludwig von Mises
“ Rhetorical bombast, music and song resound, banners wave, flowers and colors serve as symbols, and the leaders seek to attach their followers to their own person. Liberalism has nothing to do with all… Ludwig von Mises
“ There is not the slightest analogy between playing games and the conduct of business within a market society. The card player wins money by outsmarting his antagonist. The businessman makes money by s… Ludwig von Mises
“ The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. Ludwig von Mises
“ Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace. Ludwig von Mises
“ Except for Christianity, the Nazis reject as Jewish everything which stems from Jewish authors. This condemnation includes the writings of those Jews who, like Stahl, Lassalle, Gumplowicz, and Rathena… Ludwig von Mises
“ The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion. Ludwig von Mises
“ If any of the socialist chiefs had tried to earn his living by selling hot dogs, he would have learned something about the sovereignty of the consumers. Ludwig von Mises
“ The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. Ludwig von Mises
