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

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

- Ludwig von Mises

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

- Ludwig von Mises

War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

- Ludwig von Mises

Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.

Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.

- 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

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

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.

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

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

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