"The riches of successful entrepreneurs is not the cause of anybody's poverty"

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"The riches of successful entrepreneurs is not the cause of anybody's poverty; it is the consequence of the fact that the consumers are better supplied than they would have been in the absence of the entrepreneur's efforts."
~ Ludwig von Mises from his 1952 collection Planning for Freedom, and sixteen other Essays and Addresses 
"Resentment is at work when one so hates somebody for his more favourable circumstances that one is prepared to bear heavy losses if only the hated one might also come to harm. Many of those who attack capitalism know very well that their situation under any other economic system will be less favourable."
~ Ludwig von Mises, from his 1962 book Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition
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