Friedrich Hayek

The argument for liberty is…an argument…against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.

The chief evil is unlimited government…nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.

Liberty is not merely one particular value…it is the source and condition of most moral values. What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.

Equality of the general rules of law and conduct…is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty.

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.

Individual liberty…demonstrate[s] that some manners of living are more successful than others.

I’m sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

The dynamic of revolutionary events is directly determined by swift, intense, and passionate changes in the psychology of classes which have already formed themselves before the revolution.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher’s emphasis on enterprise was right.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.

The leaders of the world’s largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles.

One of they key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace. Good people don’t go into government.

Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like.

Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism.

Both prisons and inner-city schools target a kind of superfluous population that there’s no point educating because there’s nothing for them to do. Because we’re a civilized people, we put them in prison, rather than sending death squads out to murder them.

It was sort of important for us not to deal with a specific policy change, or a specific sort of approach, but to deal with cultural change.

You’re having a lot of fun, right? Suppose Hillary got elected instead of Trump, you think it would be so exciting?