Thursday, December 05, 2013

Freedom

"I am certain that nothing has done so much
to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom
as the striving after this mirage of social justice."
-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Friedrich.August.von.Hayek.Quote.BD6B


"The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both
to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised."
-- George D. Herron
(1862-1925)
Source: in The Cry For Justice (Upton Sinclair) 1920
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Herron.Quote.406E


"Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another,
and in so far as it tends to exist with
the freedom of all according to a universal law,
it is the one sole original inborn right belonging
to every man in virtue of his humanity."
-- Immanuel Kant
(1724-1804) German philosopher
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Immanuel.Kant.Quote.A319

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