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Quote from Friedrich August von Hayek,


"It used to be the boast of free men that,
so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law,
there was no need to ask anybody's
permission or to obey anybody's orders.
It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today."


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. 208

Categories:

Collectivism, Independence, Individualism, Law, Licensing, Responsibility, Self-Determination, Self-Reliance, Statism

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