The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is the result of an election than if one must endure it as the consequence of a military conquest.
Ludwig von MisesSeen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.
Ludwig von MisesOnly one thing can conquer war-that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
Ludwig von Mises