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F.A. Harper

It is generally accepted that a government can enslave the citizens—unless it is a democratic government. Mistake!

Ludwig von Mises

"The East lacked the primordial thing, the idea of freedom from the state. The East never raised the banner of freedom."

Murray N. Rothbard

Murray Rothbard explains money in his book The Mystery of Banking. The purchasing power of the dollar varies inversely with the supply of dollars, and directly with the demand. 

Garet Garrett

The radicals are for anything that tends directly or indirectly to get the government into business, for that leads to state ownership of the means of production.

Murray N. Rothbard

What has happened here, and elsewhere, is that Mises has strayed off his great stomping ground, praxeology, and into ethics, where he is, Rothbard believes, tragically wrong.

Ludwig von Mises

"In order to succeed, human action must comply not only with what are called the laws of nature, but also with specific laws of human action."

Yuri N. Maltsev

The people of the USSR rightly considered Gorbachev to be just another Communist Party hack. His "reforms" were only expedient measures designed to preserve communism. 

Ludwig von Mises

What is taught under the label of economics at universities nowadays is practically a denial of economics.

Ludwig von Mises

Economic calculation requires a monetary system that is not sabotaged by government interference.

Ludwig von Mises

Praxeology and economics have a definite place in the evolution of human history and in the process of scientific research.