"Etatism is the occupational disease of rulers, warriors, and civil servants. Governments become liberal only when forced to by the citizens."
— Statism

January 1, 1970

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Ludwig von Mises, “Tragedy in the Language of Political Economy”, American Affairs, 1945, Volume 7, number 1, pp. 47–49 (“etatism” is French for statism)