Ludwig von Mises: "In the long run even the most despotic governments with all their brutality and cruelty are no match for ideas. Eventually the ideology that has won the support of the majority will prevail and cut the ground from under the tyrants feet. Then the oppressed many will rise in rebellion and overthrow their masters." - Theory and History
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| Ludwig von Mises | Competition takes place among producers and sellers not only within each individual branch of production, but also between all related goods, and in the final analysis, between all economic goods. | A Critique of Interventionism | p. 48 | Competition |
| Ludwig von Mises | Competitors aim at excellence and preeminence in accomplishments within a system of mutual cooperation. The function of competition is to assign to every member of the social system that position in which he can best serve the whole of society and all its members. | Human Action | p. 117; p. 117 | Competition |
| Ludwig von Mises | The sharper the competition, the better it serves its social function to improve economic production. | A Critique of Interventionism | p. 84 | Competition |
| Ludwig von Mises | It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction. | Socialism | p. 285 | Competition |