No architect is held responsible for the behavior of those who inhabit the structure he designed.
Ludwig von MisesThere were nowhere more docile disciples of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin than the Nazis were.
Ludwig von MisesEvery innovation makes its appearance as a 'luxury' of the few well-to-do. After industry has become aware of it, the luxury then becomes a 'necessity' for all.
Ludwig von MisesSuggestion 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 Mises