Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes
What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I enjoy seeing new places.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
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Whether people choose to have same sex relationships or relationships outside the marriage - whatever happens between two consenting adults should be purely their business, not the state's or the society's.
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What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.
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I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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I love eyebrows, so brow pencils and brow shadow are really important to me.
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'And if it's proud to have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts,' Miss Jenny struck in, flushed, 'she is proud.'
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When you have a sense of calling, whether it's to be a musician, soloist, artist, in one of the technical fields, or a plumber, there is something deep and enriching when you realize it isn't just a casual choice, it's a divine calling. It's not limited to vocational Christian service by any means.
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Each metal has a certain power, which is different from metal to metal, of setting the electric fluid in motion.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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People ended up not thinking much of me. They saw me as a bit of a troublemaker. It's important to change people's impressions.
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Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.
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Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.
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What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves.
