Ludwig von Mises

"A just society is one in which each person receives the fruits of their own labor."

"The price of anything is determined by supply and demand, not by the wishes of politicians or ideologues."

"Economic freedom and political freedom are so intertwined that you cannot have one without the other."

"The study of history reveals that societies prosper when they protect property rights and limit government."

"There is no economic problem that can be solved by force that would not be better solved by voluntary exchange."

"A man's greatest enemy is not his competitor in the marketplace but the government that taxes him."

"The free market is the only system that allows for the peaceful coordination of human action."

"Those who claim to know what is best for society are the most dangerous to society."

"Profit is the signal that a man has successfully served the needs of others better than his competitors."

"The welfare state does not eliminate poverty; it merely redistributes poverty and destroys the incentive to escape it."

"A rational man acts on the basis of his own self-interest, and this is not morally reprehensible."

"The greatest threat to liberty is not the external enemy but the internal tendency toward comfortable servitude."

"Economic science teaches us that man must choose between alternatives and bear the cost of his choices."

"The businessman is guided by an invisible hand more powerful than any government regulation could ever be."

"Inflation is the most insidious tax because the people do not recognize it as a tax."

"There is no such thing as scientific government; government is always the expression of the will to power."

"A society that punishes success and rewards failure is a society in decline."

"The market economy is the only system capable of coordinating the actions of millions of people without a central authority."

"To understand why a policy fails, one must understand the law of unintended consequences."

"A man who is dependent on the government for his livelihood is no longer a free man."

"The entrepreneur bears the risk of his decisions and reaps the reward of success or suffers the penalty of failure."

"Economic calculation requires prices, and prices are only generated in a free market."

"The greatest enemy of prosperity is not scarcity but the government policies that prevent the efficient allocation of resources."

"A man's labor is his property, and he has the right to exchange it for whatever he can get in return."

"The capitalist who wishes to maintain his wealth must constantly find new ways to serve his customers."

"There is no moral justification for the use of force against a peaceful man."

"The free market has lifted more people out of poverty than all the government welfare programs combined."

"To regulate the economy is to attempt to repeal the laws of economics, which is impossible."

"A society organized on the basis of coercion is a society organized for decline and stagnation."

"The businessman serves humanity not out of altruism but out of the desire for profit, which is his virtue."