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“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.”
― Friedrich von Hayek

“If socialists understood economics they wouldn't be socialists.”
― Friedrich Hayek

“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.”
― Friedrich August von Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty

“Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to another. But if we face a monopolist we are at his absolute mercy. And an authority directing the whole economic system of the country would be the most powerful monopolist conceivable…it would have complete power to decide what we are to be given and on what terms. It would not only decide what commodities and services were to be available and in what quantities; it would be able to direct their distributions between persons to any degree it liked.”
― Friedrich August von Hayek, The Road to Serfdom

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Never, never, never give in!”
― Winston S. Churchill

“It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
― Winston Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

[On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.]”
― Winston S. Churchill, Wealth, War and Wisdom

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
― Winston S. Churchill