Ludwig von Mises Quotes

I do believe in the free market.

The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.

Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan.

There has been no country with a democratic political sphere, past or present, whose economy has not been dominated by private ownership and market coordination.

What is really at stake here is the survival of the kind of economy under which this country has grown great, the free-enterprise system

There is only one social system that reflects the sovereignty of the individual: the free-market, or capitalist, system.

I talk about economic freedom. I talk about capitalism without fearing the word.

I believe in the free enterprise system.

I am pro-capitalism, and I am pro-free market.

I don't want the technology of the 1950s, but I want the free market of the 1950s.

The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

The great thing about capitalism is that it's a system that works.

I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.

My fundamental tenets are concerned with freedom of the individual; the market isn't perfect, but it's the best available way of allocating resources.

The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.

No economic system is perfect. But the American Free Enterprise system has empowered millions of people in the past. I know, because I saw it with my own eyes.

What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.

Free enterprise is the only way for substantial growth.

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.

If history could prove and teach us anything, it would be that private ownership of the means of production is a necessary requisite of civilization and material well-being.... Only nations committed to the principle of private property have risen above penury and produced science, art and literature.

You have to have free enterprise for the many.

I know that some people in the U.S. associate the nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore, I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy.

I'm pro-free enterprise.