Ludwig von Mises Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Ludwig von Mises (random)
- Books & Videos:
- Ludwig von Mises Books & Videos
- Type:
- Economist
- Nationality:
- Austrian
- Birth Date / Year:
- September 29, 1881
- Death Date / Year:
- October 10, 1973
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A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Peace and not war is the father of all things. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
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Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism. Ludwig von Mises | Refcard PDF ↑
