Friedrich August Von Hayek

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular read more

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as read more

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world.

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - read more

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.