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May Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
- The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which…
- By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most…
- 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…
- We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use…
- As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer…
- It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations.…
- Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum…
- 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…
- This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have…
- The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have…
- 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…
- Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve…
More May Quotes
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- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong