All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about a state of affairs which - from the point of view of their authors and advocates valuations - is less desirable than the previous state of affairs which they were designed to alter.
Ludwig von MisesThe foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization, therefore, begins with private property.
Ludwig von MisesHuman civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.
Ludwig von MisesThe superiority of the gold standard consists in the fact that the value of gold develops independent of political actions.
Ludwig von Mises