From The Quotable Mises — surrounding passage

The personal freedom of the individual is abrogated. He becomes a slave of the community bound to obey the dictates of the majority. Liberalism , p. 54 The essence of etatism is to take from one group in order to give to another. The more it can take the more it can give. It is to the interest of those whom the government wishes to favor that their state become as large as possible. Omnipotent Government , p. 94

“Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.”

Nation, State, and Economy , p.