Ludwig von Mises Quotes

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
Ludwig von Mises

Bad, Worst, Mankind

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

Men, Fighting, Means

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

History, Teach, Private

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.
Ludwig von Mises

Used, Anyone, Whether

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
Ludwig von Mises

Evil, Spirit, Weapons

Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.
Ludwig von Mises

Before, Public, Innovation

A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.
Ludwig von Mises

Cannot, Order, Lasting

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

Free, Against, Economy

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

Peace, Society, Labor

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

War, Since, Result

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

Peace, State, Influence

Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
Ludwig von Mises

War, Business, Bad

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

Nature, Human, Working

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
Ludwig von Mises

Men, War, Succeed

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

Peace, History, Nations

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

War, Attitude, Mind

Peace and not war is the father of all things.
Ludwig von Mises

Peace, War, Father

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

Peace, Society, Works

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
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Peace, Economic, Attainment

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.
Ludwig von Mises

War, Philosophy

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

History, Often, State

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

Peace, War, Enough

War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.
Ludwig von Mises

War, Earthquake, Prosperity

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

War, Conquered, Conqueror

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.
Ludwig von Mises

Victory, Popular, Material

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Economist

Born: September 29, 1881

Died: October 10, 1973

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