Friedrich August von Hayek
economist, philosopher, historian, political scientist, university teacher
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All Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek
“Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.”
“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.”
“He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.”
“We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.”
“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.”
“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.”
“'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”
“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.”
“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.”
“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.”
“The mind cannot foresee its own advance.”
“A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.”
“He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.”