Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

Quote by Friedrich August Hayek

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess...

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us...

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...