Ludwig von Mises Quotes
The educated classes are possessed by the idea that in the social domain anything can be accomplished if only one applies enough force and is sufficiently resolute.
Ludwig von Mises, 1881-1973, Austrian Economist & Political Philosopher, Epistemological Problems of Economics
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She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
For a related sentiment, see Eleanor Roosevelt’s letter to A. Philip Randolph.
1st Baron Macaulay. FDR used the latter part of the quotation in a speech to the Democratic State Convention, Syracuse, NY, September 29, 1936.
Hitler was partially right. Many of the best and accomplished minds in Germany, Jewish and not, left the country when he came into power. However most stayed and when Hitler was successful they went along with the Nazi winners and “put their minds at the disposal” of the Third Reich.
Toward the end of the 19th century Cambodia became a protectorate of France. One of the first things that the French did was abolish slavery. There was a general rebellion as few in Khmer society wanted change of any kind.
Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The inventor of the Chi Square and Correlation Coefficient statistical methods. The lecture was also published as a political pamphlet. Pearson criticized the English Socialists who were calling for substantial immediate reforms on many fronts. Many of the reforms had much general support and the major political issue was the pace of reform.
10 centuries ago was a time when the Arabs were far more advanced and modern than other cultures including the Christian West that was in the Dark Ages. However, in the 12th century there was a “closing”—a narrowing of allowable Islamic thinking, and since then, Islamic people have had great difficulty with change or modernity. Not all Muslim nations are equally rigid but the Arabs are at the extreme among Islamic counties.
One of Ferguson’s theses is that historical change often happens very rapidly.
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian School economist, historian, logician and sociologist. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the societal contributions of classical liberalism. He is best known for his work on praxeology, a study of human choice and action.
