Suggestion of the Communist Manifesto was 'abolition of all right of inheritance.' Looking backward upon the past history of estate taxes, we have to realize that they more and more have approached the goal set by Marx. Estate taxes of the height they have already attained for the upper brackets are no longer to be qualified as taxes. They are measures of expropriation.
Ludwig von MisesOnly one thing can conquer war-that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
Ludwig von MisesIn many fields of the administration of interventionist measures, favoritism simply cannot be avoided.
Ludwig von MisesIn relation to the immense sacrifices that the state demands of the individual through the blood tax, it seems rather incidental whether it compensates the soldier more or less abundantly for the loss of time that he suffers from his military-service obligation.
Ludwig von Mises