Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.
Ludwig von MisesManufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
Ludwig von MisesPeople do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their own interests.
Ludwig von MisesThose politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are fighting for a lower standard of living.
Ludwig von Mises