Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.
Ludwig von MisesAlmost all the fathers of socialism were members of the upper middle class or of the professions.
Ludwig von MisesCapitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
Ludwig von MisesThe state is essentially an apparatus of compulsion and coercion. The characteristic feature of its activities is to compel people through the application or the threat of force to behave otherwise than they would like to behave.
Ludwig von Mises