From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

Nation, State, and Economy , p. 208 Under socialism production is entirely directed by the orders of the central board of production management. The whole nation is an “industrial army” . . . and each citizen is bound to obey his superior’s orders. Planning for Freedom , p. 72 In the bureaucratic machine of socialism the way toward promotion is not achievement but the favor of the superiors. Bureaucracy , p. 100

“Socialism and democracy are irreconcilable.”

A Critique of Interventionism , p. 79 The critics of the capitalistic order always seem to believe that the socialistic system of their dreams will do precisely what they think correct. A Critique of Interventionism , pp. 156–57 A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death.