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Quote from Friedrich August von Hayek,


"It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil."


By:

Friedrich August von Hayek (more quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek or books by/about Friedrich August von Hayek)


(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974

Source:

The Constitution of Liberty (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972), p. 146.

Categories:

Coercion, Hypocrisy, Morals, Puritan, Virtue

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