If it is unnecessary to adjust the amount of expenditure to the means available, there is no limit to the spending of the great god State.
Ludwig von MisesChanges in human conditions are brought about by the pioneering of the cleverest and most energetic men. They take the lead and the rest of mankind follows them little by little.
Ludwig von MisesIf, as is generally the case, the heirs are not equal to the demands which life makes on an entrepreneur, the inherited wealth rapidly vanishes.
Ludwig von MisesIs still fulfilling its social function in supplying the consumers with more, better and cheaper goods.
Ludwig von MisesWhat economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.
Ludwig von MisesThe main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy the individual is born into a collective and it is "natural" and proper for him to behave as members of this collective are expected to behave. Expected by whom? Of course, by those individuals to whom, by the mysterious decrees of some mysterious agency, the task of determining the collective will and directing the actions of the collective has been entrusted.
Ludwig von Mises