Some think that they will exercise power for the general good, but that is what all those with power have believed. Power is evil in itself, regardless of who exercises it.
Ludwig von MisesBig business depends entirely on the patronage of those who buy its products: the biggest enterprises loses its power and its influence when it loses its customers.
Ludwig von MisesThe first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism.
Ludwig von MisesWhat governments call international monetary cooperation is concerted action for the sake of credit expansion.
Ludwig von MisesThe recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are not the outcome of the operation of the free market. They are on the contrary the result of well-intentioned but ill-advised government interference with the market.
Ludwig von Mises