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Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes: Wherever liberty as we understand it has been destroyed, this has almost always been done in the name of some new freedom promised to the people
         

Wherever liberty as we understand it has been destroyed, this has almost always been done in the name of some new freedom promised to the people


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The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.



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

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



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

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



'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.



The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.



[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.



In government, the scum rises to the top.

In government, the scum rises to the top.



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

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



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

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



It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.





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It is my conclusion that the human mind and body is essentially a single cell rechargeable battery that is charged from the atmospheric DC voltage and the Earth.



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Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.



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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.



No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.



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I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.




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