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Very Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
- All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain.…
- We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
- We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed…
- From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position,…
- All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include…
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