"Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace."
-Ludwig von Mises
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"If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.“
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"Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism."
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"To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war."
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"The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace."
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"Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking."
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"Peace and not war is the father of all things."
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