Ludwig von Mises Quotes about Fighting

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Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Ludwig von Mises

War, Fighting, Wish

It is vain to fight totalitarianism by adopting totalitarian methods. Freedom can only be won by men unconditionally committed to the principles of freedom. The first requisite for a better social order is the return to unrestricted freedom of thought and speech.

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, Men, Order

Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, People, Liberty

Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method”

Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand left to unknown men who will be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, Men, Hands

Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

An anti-something movement displays a purely negative attitude. It has no chance whatever to succeed. Its passionate diatribes virtually advertise the program they attack. People must fight for something that they want to achieve, not simply reject an evil, however bad it may be.

Ludwig von Mises

Attitude, Fighting, People

Ludwig Von Mises (1978). “Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The”, p.112, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Those politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are fighting for a lower standard of living.

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, Boss, Unions

Ludwig von Mises (1985). “Theory and History”, p.147, Ludwig von Mises Institute

It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconscious convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, Police, Doctrine

We must fight all that we dislike in public life. We must substitute better ideas for wrong ideas.

Ludwig von Mises

Fighting, Ideas, Substitutes

Ludwig Von Mises (2006). “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow”, p.105, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Against what is stupid, nonsensical, erroneous, and evil, [classical] liberalism fights with the weapons of the mind, and not with brute force and repression.

Ludwig von Mises

Stupid, Fighting, Evil

Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”