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“To act on behalf of a group seems to free people of many of the moral restraints which control their behaviour as individuals within the group.”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
“It might be pleasant just to give up, live in the present, enjoying existential personal experiences, living like lotus-eaters from our amazing productive system, without personal responsibility, self-discipline, or thought about the future. But this is impossible, because the productive system could itself collapse, and our external enemies would soon destroy us.”
― Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
― Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”
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“It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.”
― Education: Free & Compulsory
― Education: Free & Compulsory
“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can “throw the rascals out” at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.”
― Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
― Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
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