Austrian - Economist | September 29, 1881 - October 10, 1973
Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.
Ludwig von Mises
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If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
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Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
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If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
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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.
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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.
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Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.
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Peace and not war is the father of all things.
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The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
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The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
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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.
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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.
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