Ludwig von Mises Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Freedom, Government, Principles

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

• If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or not smoke, drink or not drink, there is no good reply you can give to people who say, More important than the body is the mind and the soul, and man hurts himself much more by reading bad books, by listening to bad music and looking at bad movies. Therefore it is the duty of the government to prevent people from committing those faults. And, as you know, for many hundreds of years governments and authorities velieved that it was their duty.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Hurt, Freedom, Book

  Ludwig Von Mises (2006). “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow”, p.22, Ludwig von Mises Institute

• A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails in his civic duties.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Citizens, Failing, Economics

• Every extension of the functions and power of the State beyond its primary duty of maintaining peace and justice should be scrutinized with jealous vigilance.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Jealous, Justice, Maintaining

• The bureaucrat is not free to aim at improvement. He is bound to obey rules and regulations established by a superior body. He has no right to embark upon innovations if his superiors do not approve of them. His duty and his virtue is to be obedient.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Innovation, Rules And Regulations, Body

  Ludwig Von Mises (1969). “Bureaucracy”, ICON Group International

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