Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement. It is by no means an obvious remedy for the obvious evil which the interests of that class will necessarily demand. It is a construction of theorists.
Friedrich August von HayekWe shall all be the gainers if we can create a world fit for small states to live in.
Friedrich August von HayekLiberty'''.that condition of man in which coercion of some by others is reduced as much as possible in society
Friedrich August von HayekNo human mind can comprehend all the knowledge which guides the actions of society.
Friedrich August von HayekThe advantage of a free market is that it allows millions of decision-makers to respond individually to freely determined prices, allocating resources - labor, capital and human ingenuity - in a manner that can't be mimicked by a central plan, however brilliant the central planner.
Friedrich August von HayekThe younger generation of today has grown up in a world in which in school and press the spirit of commercial enterprise has been represented as disreputable and the making of profit as immoral, where to employ a hundred people is represented as exploitation but to command the same number as honorable.
Friedrich August von Hayek