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A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.
Ludwig von Mises
Order
Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
Ludwig von Mises
Business
War
Revolution
If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
Ludwig von Mises
Men
War
Civilization
Mankind
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
History
Peace
Geography
Nations
Right
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
Policy
Economy
Manufacturing
Trade
Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being.
Ludwig von Mises
Men
Fighting
Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.
Ludwig von Mises
Peace
Society
Labor
Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.
Ludwig von Mises
War
Attitude
Destruction
Mind
Nothing
Peace and not war is the father of all things.
Ludwig von Mises
Peace
War
Father
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.
Ludwig von Mises
Society
Peace
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
Ludwig von Mises
History
Civilization
Property