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Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#conditions #division #labor #lasting #lasting peace

War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#cause #destruction #directly #does #economic

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#always #be happy #difficult #easy #happier

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#fool #i #observed #seem #should

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#against #civilization #human #human civilization #innate

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#doomed #mankind #men #now #succeed

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#gives #history #nations #other #peace

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#attitude #conquer #destruction #mind #nothing

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

#national #often #over #philadelphia #race

The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#balcony #calling #edge #farther #flight