“'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of ...” — Friedrich August von Hayek Quote

“'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”

“I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due to a certain timidity about soiling their hands by going from purely scientific questions into value questions.”

“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.”

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”

“Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away.”

“I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.”