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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man...

There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man...

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...