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Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes: The freedom that will be used by only one man in a million may be more important to society and more beneficial to the majority than any freedom that we all use.
         

The freedom that will be used by only one man in a million may be more important to society and more beneficial to the majority than any freedom that we all use.


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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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Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.

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