Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.
Ludwig von MisesThe bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.
Ludwig von MisesThose who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.
Ludwig von MisesThe market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Fรผhrer principle.
Ludwig von MisesModern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.
Ludwig von MisesWelfare policies never attain those - allegedly beneficial - ends which the government and the self-styled progressives who advocated them wanted to attain, but - on the contrary - bring about a state of affairs which - from the very point of view of the government and its supporters - is even more unsatisfactory than the previous state of affairs they wanted to 'improve.'
Ludwig von Mises