History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads, and other useful public works, the capital needed was provided by the savings of individual citizens and borrowed by the government.
Ludwig von MisesThe development of capitalism consists in everyone having the right to serve the consumer better or more cheaply.
Ludwig von MisesIt is evident that youth is the first victim of the trend toward bureaucratization. The young men are deprived of any opportunity to shape their own fate.
Ludwig von MisesEach epoch has found in the Gospels what it sought to find there, and has overlooked what it wished to overlook.
Ludwig von MisesThose politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are fighting for a lower standard of living.
Ludwig von MisesSovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.
Ludwig von MisesIt is always the individual who thinks. Society does not think any more than it eats or drinks. The evolution of human reasoning from the naive thinking of primitive man to the more subtle thinking of modern science took place within society. However, thinking itself is always an achievement of individuals.
Ludwig von Mises