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 | In the realm of nature we cannot know anything about final causes, by reference to which events can be explained. But in the field of human actions there is the finality of acting men. Men make choices. They aim at certain ends and they apply means in order to attain the ends sought. | Omnipotent Government | p. 120 | Natural Sciences |
| Ludwig von Mises | Nothing could by more mistaken than the now fashionable attempt to apply the methods and concepts of the natural sciences to the solution of social problems. | Omnipotent Government | p. 120 | Natural Sciences |
| Ludwig von Mises | What makes natural science possible is the power to experiment; what makes social science possible is the power to grasp or to comprehend the meaning of human action. | Money, Method, and the Market Process | p. 9 | Natural Sciences |