Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Miseswas a theoretical Austrian School economist. He is best known for his work on praxeology, a study of human choice and action. Mises emigrated from Austria to the United States in 1940. Mises's writings have exerted significant influence on the libertarian movement in the United States since the mid-20th century...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth29 September 1881
CountryAustria
war
War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
attitude conquer mind war
Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
war fighting wish
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
war competition battle
It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction.
war government asking
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
peace war want
Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.
war father essence
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.
war victory well-being
Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.
war father essence
War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.
peace war roots
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.
peace war government
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
war government would-be
Government force is derived from the sum of the physical force each citizen could exert which by one citizen himself would be ineffective, but when summed from the force of all the area's citizens indeed composes a power no citizen or group can withstand. That force is then rightly but justly to be used against those who violate the foundation pillars of freedom.