Author: Ludwig von Mises

Quotes

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

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

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

- Ludwig von Mises

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

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

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.

- Ludwig von Mises

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

- Ludwig von Mises

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

- Ludwig von Mises

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

- Ludwig von Mises

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

- Ludwig von Mises

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.

- Ludwig von Mises

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