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Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes: We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
         

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.


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We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
         



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If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.



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There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.



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Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.



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The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.



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