War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.
Ludwig von MisesThe development of capitalism consists in everyone having the right to serve the consumer better or more cheaply.
Ludwig von MisesDepressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.
Ludwig von MisesAgainst what is stupid, nonsensical, erroneous, and evil, [classical] liberalism fights with the weapons of the mind, and not with brute force and repression.
Ludwig von MisesIf the present tax rates had been in effect from the beginning of our century, many who are millionaires today would live under more modest circumstances. But all those new branches of industry which supply the masses with articles unheard of before, would operate, if at all, on a much smaller scale, and their products would be beyond the reach of the common man.
Ludwig von Mises