#or

I love better to count time from spring to spring; it seems to me far more cheerful to reckon the year by blossoms than by blight. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#blight #blossoms #cheerful #count #far

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#capitalist #commercial #directed #economy #free

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

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 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

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

My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#evaluation #focus #greater #independent #maximum

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #deprivation #firmly #imperative #interest

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#already #corruption #degenerate #into #mature