Friedrich August von Hayek Libertarian Quotations

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.

The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which the smallest "functionaire" possesses who wields the coercive power of the state, and on whose desecration it depends whether and how I am allowed to live or to work.

The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.

In government, the scum rises to the top.