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Any Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
- Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it to satisfy particular preferences, to…
- Any man who is only an economist is unlikely to be a good one.
- Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect…
- Nobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left.
- Our submission to general principles is necessary because we cannot be guided in our practical action by full knowledge and evaluation of the consequences. So…
- The importance of our being free to do a particular thing has nothing to do with the question of whether we or the majority are…
- ..where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individual efforts than any other... regards competition as superior not only because…
- The chief difference [between totalitarian and free countries] is that only the totalitarians appear clearly to know how they want to achieve that result, while…
- It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion…
- It seems to be almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative program - on the…
- It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose…
- The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some…
- The word 'truth' itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individual conscience as the sole…
- Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to…
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