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Quotes from Liberalism — Ludwig von Mises

1881–1973 Austria

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In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

Liberalism (1927)

Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellect — better because they alone give promise of final success.

Liberalism (1927)

The ultimate outcome of the struggle, however, will not be decided by arms, but by ideas.

Liberalism (1927)

Now it cannot be denied that the only way one can offer effective resistance to violent assaults is by violence.

Liberalism (1927)

Fascism was an emergency makeshift. To view it as something more would be a fatal error.

Liberalism (1927)

The decisive question, therefore, always remains: How does one obtain a majority for one's own party? This, however, is a purely intellectual matter. It is a victory that can be won only with the weapons of the intellect, never by force.

Liberalism (1927)

A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper. He must free himself from the habit, just as soon as something does not please him, of calling for the police.

Liberalism (1927)

The great danger threatening domestic policy from the side of Fascism lies in its complete faith in the decisive power of violence. In order to assure success, one must be imbued with the will to victory and always proceed violently.

Liberalism (1927)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ludwig von Mises (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.