Ludwig von Mises: "When pushed hard by economists, some welfare propagandists and socialists admit that impairment of the average standard of living can only be avoided by the maintenance of capital already accumulated and that economic improvement depends on accumulation of additional capital." - Human Action
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| Ludwig von Mises | All attempts to create a substantive international law through whose application disputes among nations could be decided have miscarried. | Nation, State, and Economy | p. 90 | International Law |
| Ludwig von Mises | [Y]ou simply cannot argue with nationalists. The Germans are fully convinced that compulsion applied by them to other nations is fair and just, while compulsion applied to themselves is criminal. | Omnipotent Government | pp. 25758 | International Law |
| Ludwig von Mises | No international authority can preserve peace if economic wars continue. In our age of international division of labor, free trade is the prerequisite for any amicable arrangement between nations. And free trade is impossible in a world of etatism. | Omnipotent Government | p. 6 | International Law |