Ludwig von Mises Quotes About Ideology
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There cannot be stable money within an environment dominated by ideologies hostile to the preservation of economic freedom.
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The flowering of human society depends on two factors: the intellectual power of outstanding men to conceive sound social and economic theories, and the ability of these or other men to make these ideologies palatable to the majority.
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To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
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In the long run even the most despotic governments with all their brutality and cruelty are no match for ideas. Eventually the ideology that has won the support of the majority will prevail and cut the ground from under the tyrant's feet. Then the oppressed many will rise in rebellion and overthrow their masters.
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No one can escape the influence of a prevailing ideology.
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What can prevent the coming of totalitarian socialism is only a thorough change in ideologies. What we need is an open positive endorsement of that system to which we owe all the wealth that distinguished our age from the conditions of ages gone by.
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