Best quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek on Freedom

Checkout quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek on Freedom

  • 'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
    - Friedrich August von Hayek
  • Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
    - Friedrich August von Hayek
  • Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.
    - Friedrich August von Hayek
  • We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.
    - Friedrich August von Hayek
  • 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.
    - Friedrich August von Hayek