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War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

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

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.

Ludwig von Mises

Peace

Man

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.

Ludwig von Mises

Mankind

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.

Ludwig von Mises

War

Prosperity

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

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

Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

Ludwig von Mises

Harm