War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but t... -Ludwig von Mises

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

Ludwig von Mises , Economist
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Ludwig von Mises Quotes to Explore

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed....
The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war....
A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets....
War... is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror....
If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace....
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking....
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace....
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism....
If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization....
Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business....

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As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is...
I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in ...
The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences....
Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first....
What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Cen...
I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services....
The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, wh...
Those of my generation who grew up in the midst of the Cold War had a very, very strong awareness and very much were sort of influenced by the demoniz...
You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature....
What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?...