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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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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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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Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
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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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Compromise has a negative connotation.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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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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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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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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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
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I think governments are the cancer of civilization.
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I don't think I am that materialistic, actually. Obviously at home in the country the art collection is important, but we have one big room in the middle of the house where we do everything - the television, the kitchen, everything.
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If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.
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It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
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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.
