Ludwig von Mises Quotes

The program of liberalism, therefore, if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production... All the other demands of liberalism result from his fundamental demand.

The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away.

Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom and limited government are the best way for humans to form a free society.

If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty.

Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.

Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.

Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals

The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense.

I'm a libertarian. It's a terrible word.

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.

We recommend a planned public relations and publicity campaign to position the Republican party as the defender of individual liberties against the encroachment of socialism, paternalism, and government control.

Make no mistake. Without individual property, none are free.

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.

The only dependable foundation of personal liberty is the personal economic security of private property.

If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.

Ever since the end of Medieval feudalism, and the writings of John Locke, we have understood the importance of being able to buy and sell one's own property, including books and watches, both for reasons of economics and liberty.

Conserving the individual is the basis of conservatism. It is classical, de Tocqueville liberalism.

Classic English liberalism of the sort that 'The Economist' was founded to champion and still espouses is about open societies and free markets.

I am more of a constitutionalist libertarian.

I'm a classic English liberal. A classical liberal, which is different to the modern interpretation of liberal in America.

All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...

The superior freedom of the capitalist system, its superior justice, and its superior productivity are not three superiorities, but one. The justice follows from the freedom and the productivity follows from the freedom and the justice.