“Before it was usual to acquire goods in the market, not for personal consumption, but simply in order to exchange them again for the goods that were really wanted, each individual commodity was only accredited with that value given by the subjective valuations based on its direct utility. It was not until it became customary to acquire certain goods merely in order to use them as media of exchange that people began to esteem them more highly than before, on account of this possibility of using them in indirect exchange. The individual valued them in the first place because they were useful in the ordinary sense, and then additionally because they could be used as media of exchange. Both sorts of valuation are subject to the law of marginal utility.”
Ludwig von Mises“The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.”
Ludwig von Mises“The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble.”
Ludwig von Mises, Planning for Freedom, and Sixteen Other Essays and Addresses: Ludwig Von Mises. Also, the Essential Von Mises“Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking. ”
Ludwig von Mises“Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.”
Ludwig von Mises“The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.”
Ludwig von Mises“Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.”
Ludwig von Mises“Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.”
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