From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

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. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.”

Planning for Freedom , p. 38 The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Theory and History , p. 61 Freedom in society means that a man depends as much upon other people as other people depend on him. Economic Policy , p. 19 Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes . Economic Policy , p.