No architect is held responsible for the behavior of those who inhabit the structure he designed.
Ludwig von MisesIn all countries with a settled bureaucracy people used to say: The cabinets come and go, but the bureaus remain.
Ludwig von MisesThe consumers are asking for, they lose their office. Their task is service to the consumer. Profit and loss are the instruments by means of which the consumers keep a tight rein on all business activities.
Ludwig von MisesCapitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people.
Ludwig von MisesLouis XIV was very frank and sincere when he said: I am the State. The modern statist is modest. He says: I am the servant of the State; but, he implies, the State is God. You could revolt against a Bourbon king, and the French did it. This was, of course, a struggle of man against man. But you cannot revolt against the god State and against his humble handy man, the bureaucrat.
Ludwig von Mises