Quotes by Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom

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It seems to be almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative programme, on the hatred — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
The most effective way of making people accept the validity of the values they are to serve is to persuade them that the — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
It seems to be almost a law of human nature, that it is easier for people to agree on a negative programme, on the hatre — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Freedom to order our own conduct in the sphere where material circumstances force a choice upon us, and responsibility f — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
The word 'truth' itself ceases to have its old meaning. It describes no longer something to be found, with the individua — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Probably it is true enough that the great majority are rarely capable of thinking independently, that on most questions — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
It is one of the saddest spectacles of our time to see a great democratic movement support a policy which must lead to t — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
It is not difficult to deprive the great majority of independent thought. But the minority who will retain an inclinatio — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Once you admit that the individual is merely a means to serve the ends of the higher entity called society or the nation — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
when security is understood in too absolute a sense, the general striving for it, far from increasing the chances of fre — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
In the first instance, it is probably true that in general the higher the education and intelligence of individuals beco — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
What is called economic power, while it can be an instrument of coercion, is in the hands of private individuals never e — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
The young are right if they have little confidence in the ideas which rule most of their elders. But they are mistaken o — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
The main cause of the ineffectiveness of British propaganda is that those directing it seem to have lost their own belie — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom