Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian Economist, philosopher, and a major influence on the modern libertarian movement.
Because of his Jewish origin and his opinions, he had to immigrate to Switzerland and then settle in the USA.
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“The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.”
Ludwig von Mises
“Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.”
“To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.”
“War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.”
“War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.”
“Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.”
“Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.”
“I would abdicate.”
“Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.”
“A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.”