Nobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left.
Friedrich August von HayekHe 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.
Friedrich August von HayekFreedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.
Friedrich August von HayekThe confidence in the unlimited power of science is only too often based on a false belief that the scientific method consists in the application of a ready-made technique, or in imitating the form rather than the substance of scientific procedure, as if one needed only to follow some cooking recipes to solve all social problems. It sometimes almost seems as if the techniques of science were more easily learnt than the thinking that shows us what the problems are and how to approach them.
Friedrich August von Hayek