From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

If an omnipotent authority has the power to assign to every individual the tasks he has to perform, nothing that can be called freedom and autonomy is left to him. He has only the choice between strict obedience and death by starvation. Theory and History , pp. 376–77

“Freedom must be granted to all, even to base people, lest the few who can use it for the benefit of mankind be hindered.”

The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality , p. 108 As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug. Human Action , p. 284; p. 287 Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop. Human Action , p. 319; p. 322 The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion.