Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to be unselfish at someone else's expense nor is there any merit in being unselfish…

Quote by Friedrich August Hayek

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We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a...

We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a...

It is neither necessary nor desirable that national boundaries should mark sharp differences in standards...

It is neither necessary nor desirable that national boundaries should mark sharp differences in standards...

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is...

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is...

From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them...

From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

Only where we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice...

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable...

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

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

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

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...