5 Ludwig von Mises Quotes on History

Ludwig von Mises quotes on history

7. If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.

20. It is, they say, not Russia that plans aggression but, on the contrary, the decaying capitalist democracies. Russia wants merely to defend its own independence. This is an old and well-tried method of justifying aggression. Louis XIV and Napoleon I, Wilhelm II and Hitler were the most peace-loving of all men. When they invaded foreign countries, they did so only in just self-defence. Russia was as much menaced by Estonia or Latvia as Germany was by Luxemburg or Denmark.

21. It is a fact that Mussolini entered the scene of world politics as an ally of the democracies, while Lenin entered it as a virtual ally of imperial Germany.

22. There were nowhere more docile disciples of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin than the Nazis were.

25. 'This time, it's different' are the four most expensive words in the English Language.