The Free Market 2, no. 3 (June 1984) Mrs. Mises delivered this speech on February 27, 1984, at the Mises Institute dinner in her honor in New York City. Thank you, Mr. Rockwell, for your most generous and gracious remarks. Thank you all who came here tonight, for without you, I would not be here. And thank you especially for your kind welcome. I
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here is a touching tribute by Margit von Mises to her husband. To Margit, Ludwig’s dearest quality was not his great wisdom, but his passion for humanity. Given during an event honoring the republishing of his book Liberalism , Margit’s touching words not only display the love the two had for each other, but serve as
When Hitler invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, I really became frightened. I had to talk to Lu. He did not want to leave. He never had been so happy as he was in Geneva, and he did not feel any fear. I reminded him of the night the Nazis came to Vienna. I told him the Nazis would never take him off their blacklist. I begged him, I implored
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