Ludwig von Mises: "There have always been men who voluntarily renounced many pleasures and satisfactions in order to do what they considered right and moral. Men have preferred martyrdom to the renunciation of what they believed to be true. They have chosen poverty and exile because they wanted to be free in the search for truth and wisdom. All that is noblest in the progress of civilization, welfare, and enlightenment has been the achievement of such men, who braved every danger and defied the tyranny of powerful kings and fanatical masses." - Omnipotent Government
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| Ludwig von Mises | Continued inflation inevitably leads to catastrophe. | Defense, Controls, and Inflation | p. 109 | Inflation |
| Ludwig von Mises | What is a loophole? If the law does not punish a definite action or does not tax a definite thing, this is not a loophole. It is simply the law. | Defense, Controls, and Inflation | p. 115 | LoopholeS |
| Ludwig von Mises | Some experts have declared that it is necessary to tax the people until it hurts. I disagree with these sadists. | Defense, Controls, and Inflation | p. 333 | Taxes |
| Ludwig von Mises | At the breakfast table of every citizen sits in wartime an invisible guest, as it were, a G.I. who shares the meal. In the citizens garage stays not only the family car but besidesinvisiblya tank or a plane. The important fact is that this G.I. needs more in food, clothing, and other things than he used to consume as a civilian and that military equipment wears out much quicker than civilian equipment. The costs of a modern war are enormous. | Defense, Controls, and Inflation | p. 331 | War and Peace |