To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
Ludwig von MisesWhat generates war is the economic philosophy of nationalism: embargoes, trade and foreign exchange controls, monetary devaluation, etc. The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.
Ludwig von MisesThose who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
Ludwig von MisesMen are fighting one another because they are convinced that the extermination and liquidation of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.
Ludwig von Mises