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Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.
-Ludwig Von Mises
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Facts Per Se Can Neither Prove Nor

Ludwig Von Mises
Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the ideas and the theories.
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