Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Miseswas a theoretical Austrian School economist. He is best known for his work on praxeology, a study of human choice and action. Mises emigrated from Austria to the United States in 1940. Mises's writings have exerted significant influence on the libertarian movement in the United States since the mid-20th century...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth29 September 1881
CountryAustria
Ludwig von Mises quotes about
people effort democracy
Democracy is not a good that people can enjoy without trouble. It is, on the contrary, a treasure that must be daily defended and conquered anew by strenuous effort.
pain men effort
Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great achievements of mankind were the product of a spontaneous effort on the part of individuals; government substitutes coercion for voluntary action.
thinking choices effort
Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from the oppression of the majority. ... The citizen must not be so narrowly circumscribed in his activities that, if he thinks differently from those in power, his only choice is either to perish or to destroy the machinery of state.
office effort models
Lenin's ideal was to build a nation's production effort according to the model of the post office.
successful effort entrepreneur
The riches of successful entrepreneurs is not the cause of anybody's poverty; it is the consequence of the fact that the consumers are better supplied than they would have been in the absence of the entrepreneur's efforts.
men effort arrogance
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effort of men who are better than you. If this be arrogance, as some of your critics observed, it is still the truth that had to said in the age of the Welfare State.
school effort adherence
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.
religious believe logical-arguments
No one should expect that any logical argument or any experience could ever shake the almost religious fervor of those who believe in salvation through spending and credit expansion.
men way wealth
A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way.
income wealth enterprise
In capitalist enterprise there is no secure income and no security of wealth.
causes wealth mass
The wealth of the well-to-do of an industrial society is both the cause and effect of the masses' well-being.
school citizens incentives
The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.
almsgiving
All almsgiving inevitably tends to pauperize the recipient.
people commodity lord
In the market economy the worker sells his services as other people sell their commodities. The employer is not the employee's lord. He is simply the buyer of services which he must purchase at their market price.