It is of the essence of the demand for equality before the law that people should be treated alike in spite of the fact that they are different.
Friedrich August von HayekInflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary. For this reason all those who wish to stop the drift toward increasing government control should concentrate their effort on monetary policy.
Friedrich August von HayekNobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left.
Friedrich August von HayekThere is, in a competitive society, nobody who can exercise even a fraction of the power which a socialist planning board would possess.
Friedrich August von HayekThe chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.
Friedrich August von HayekThe successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in the field of ideas. His task in a democracy is to find out what the opinions held by the largest number are, not to give currency to new opinions which may become the majority view in some distant future.
Friedrich August von Hayek