Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes About Tyranny
-
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.
→ -
By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.
→ -
Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by other men.
→ -
[T]hose who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so.
→ -
Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny.
→ -
Many who think themselves infinitely superior to the aberrations of Nazism, and sincerely hate all manifestations, work at the same time for ideals whose realization would lead straight to the abhorred tyranny.
→
Related Authors
-
Paul Samuelson Economist -
Adam Smith Philosopher -
John Stuart Mill Philosopher -
Murray Rothbard Economist -
Karl Popper Philosopher -
Karl Marx Philosopher -
Carl Menger Economist -
Gunnar Myrdal Economist -
John Kenneth Galbraith Economist -
John Maynard Keynes Economist -
Henry Hazlitt Journalist -
Milton Friedman Economist -
Ludwig von Mises Philosopher -
James M. Buchanan Economist -
Frederic Bastiat Economist -
Joseph A. Schumpeter Economist -
Robert Nozick Philosopher -
Ayn Rand Novelist