From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

“Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle and all its achievements are the result of the actions of free men.”

Economic Freedom and Interventionism , p. 150 The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism. Liberty and Property , p. 25 The social system of private property and limited government is the only system that tends to debarbarize all those who have the innate capacity to acquire personal culture. Liberty and Property , p.