Every specific tax, as well as the nation's whole tax system, becomes self-defeating above a certain height of the rates.
Ludwig von MisesPerhaps there are somewhere in the infinite universe beings whose minds outrank our minds to the same extent as our minds surpass those of the insects. Perhaps there will once somewhere live beings who will look upon us with the same condescension as we look upon amoebae.
Ludwig von MisesThe prerequisite for more economic equality in the world is industrialization. And this is possible only through increased capital investment, increased capital accumulation.
Ludwig von MisesThe school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it remains a public and compulsory institution.
Ludwig von MisesGovernment means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of economic freedom. Where there is no market economy, the best-intentioned provisions of constitutions and laws remain a dead letter.
Ludwig von Mises