The 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 MisesA free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
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 MisesThe essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Ludwig von Mises