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Power Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
- With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to…
- 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…
- The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.
- 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…
- What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own…
- To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our…
- We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage.... Unless we can make the philosophic foundations…
- 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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