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 | Go into the home of the average American family and you will see for whom the wheels of the machines are turning. | Liberty and Property | p. 22 | Consumer Sovereignty |
| Ludwig von Mises | What vitiates entirely the socialists economic critique of capitalism is their failure to grasp the sovereignty of the consumers in the market economy. | Liberty and Property | p. 13 | Consumer Sovereignty |