Ludwig von Mises Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• Innovators and creative geniuses cannot be reared in schools. They are precisely the men who defy what the school has taught them.

  Ludwig von Mises

  School, Men, Creative

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

• Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.

  Ludwig von Mises

  School, Effort, Adherence

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”

• The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it remains a public and compulsory institution.

  Ludwig von Mises

  School, Character, Long

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”

• Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Teacher, School, Men

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Bureaucracy: The Economist”, p.13, VM eBooks

• Education rears disciples, imitators, and routinists, not pioneers of new ideas and creative geniuses. The schools are not nurseries of progress and improvement, but conservatories of tradition and unvarying modes of thought.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Learning, School, Knowledge

  Ludwig von Mises (1985). “Theory and History”, p.263, Ludwig von Mises Institute

• In order to succeed in business a man does not need a degree from a school of business administration. These schools train the subalterns for routine jobs. They certainly do not train entrepreneurs.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Jobs, School, Men

• No matter how efficient school training may be, it would only produce stagnation, orthodoxy, and rigid pedantry if there were no uncommon men pushing forward beyond the wisdom of their tutors.

  Ludwig von Mises

  School, Men, Training

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution: The Economist”, p.187, VM eBooks

• The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.

  Ludwig von Mises

  School, Citizens, Incentives

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin