Liberty and Property.pdf - The Ludwig von Mises Institute

Liberty and Property 51of the allegedly good old days. Still less is itjustified to long for the totalitarian utopias,whether of the Nazi or of the Soviet type.We are inaugurating tonight the ninthmeeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. It isfitting to remember on this occasion thatmeetings of this kind in which opinionsopposed to those of the majority of our contemporariesand to those of their governmentsare advanced and are possible onlyin the climate of liberty and freedom that isthe most precious mark of Western civilization.Let us hope that this right to dissentwill never disappear.