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Quote from Friedrich August von Hayek,


"By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable."


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 Road to Serfdom

Categories:

Democracy, Despotism, Government, Law, Power, Tyranny

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