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Ludwig von Mises Quotes: The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.
         

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.


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