"It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude……" — Friedrich August von Hayek
"It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market will somehow bring about the required adjustments to new conditions, although no one can foretell how they will do this in a particular instance. There is perhaps no single factor contributing so much to people"
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Friedrich August von Hayek
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136 Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
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With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive…
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'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
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The mind cannot foresee its own advance.
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...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us…
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All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the…
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The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but…
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The ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but…
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Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the…
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What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if…
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Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably…
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Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it…
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The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In…
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The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
— J. J. Abrams
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I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
— Mike Krzyzewski
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The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments…
— Clarence Day
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I don't think there's any kind of preparation for sudden celebrity. I think you almost have this slight nervous breakdown…
— Scarlett Johansson
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Taste as you go. When you taste the food throughout the cooking process you can make adjustments as you go.
— Anne Burrell
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If we can make some kind of adjustments, maybe in the game, to make it interesting and slow down the…
— Jana Novotna
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Don't become weary in doing good. If we are patient, we can experience the change of heart we seek. For…
— Kathleen H. Hughes
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How one walks through the world, the endless small adjustments of balance, is affected by the shifting weights of beautiful…
— Elaine Scarry
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This year, I'm most thankful for the people around me who've supported me-my friends, and my family and boyfriend. It's…
— Lucy Fry
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It's hard to train that in practice time. You can make calls, you can make adjustments, but just that pressure,…
— Bret Bielema
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A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the…
— Calvin Coolidge
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it…
— Carl Levin
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