Ludwig von Mises: "Through all the changes in the prevailing system of social stratification, moral philosophers continued to hold fast to the fundamental idea of Ciceros doctrine that making money is degrading." - Epistemological Problems of Economics
This
database of quotations from Mises was prepared for
The Quotable Mises edited by Mark Thornton, available from the
Mises Institute store
for $20. Send corrections to the editor.
Here is a source page on
the editions of the books referenced.
Put Mises quotes on your site.
Search:
Top>
Browse by subject: Workers
| Ludwig von Mises | Workers and consumers are, of course, identical. | On the Manipulation of Money and Credit | p. 179 | Workers |
| Ludwig von Mises | The laborer is an entrepreneur in so far as his wages are determined by the price the market allows for the kind of work he can perform. This price varies according to the change in conditions in the same way in which the price of every other factor of production varies. | Human Action | p. 255; p. 254 | Workers |
| Ludwig von Mises | The American worker is badly mistaken when he believes that his high standard of living is due to his own excellence. | Planning for Freedom | p. 136 | Workers |
| Ludwig von Mises | The improvement of well-being brought about by capitalism made it possible for the common man to save and thus to become in a modest way himself a capitalist. | Planning for Freedom | p. 160 | Workers |
| Ludwig von Mises | Everybody is eager to charge for his services and accomplishments as much as the traffic can bear. In this regard there is no difference between the workers, whether unionized or not, the ministers and teachers on the one hand and the entrepreneurs on the other hand. Neither of them has the right to talk as if he were Francis dAssisi. | Planning for Freedom | p. 145 | Workers |
| Ludwig von Mises | In the market economy the worker sells his services as other people sell their commodities. The employer is not the employees lord. He is simply the buyer of services which he must purchase at their market price. | Human Action | p. 629; pp. 633-34 | Workers |