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"12 Friedrich von Hayek Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 8 May 1899. Died: 23 March 1992 | Economist | Philosopher |

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

Emergencies Always Pretext Safeguards
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I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

Think History Exaggeration Largely
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We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish .

Shall Wiser Learn Foolish
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The mind cannot foresee its own advance.
Mind Advance Foresee Own
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Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

Freedom Granted Beforehand Effect
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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.

Wish Preserve Society Essential
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We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.

Face Preservation Individual Freedom
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Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.

Intellect Desire Outstripped Understanding
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We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.

Indeed Moment Little Pride
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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.

Hardly Denied Demand Arbitrarily
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This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects.

Means Entrust Deliberate According
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The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.

Expectation Natural-science Times Exceeded
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Friedrich von Hayek Quotes & Sayings