Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [141-160] of 355 Democracy quotesDemocracy QuotesDemocracy Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.~ Friedrich August von Hayek When it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself.~ Friedrich August von Hayek Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.~ Friedrich August von Hayek 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. ~ Friedrich August von Hayek It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet know which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support.~ Friedrich August von Hayek 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 It is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.~ Friedrich August von Hayek Our tightly controlled educational system mocks the promise of democracy. With a closed educational system we simply cannot have an open political system. The current situation allows the government and big business to manufacture and maintain our culture for us, and in turn, control remains in the hands of the experts and institutions. The ability to change this situation is in the hands of the individuals and families who understand why change is necessary.~ Helen Hegener Political tags -- such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth -- are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.~ Robert A. Heinlein We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do.~ Auberon Herbert And what sort of philosophical doctrine is this -- that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others. ... How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed. ... It is not possible to suppose, without absurdity, that a man should have no rights over his own body and mind, and yet have a 1/10,000,000th share in unlimited rights over all other bodies and minds?~ Auberon Herbert How should it happen that the individual should be without rights, but the combination of individuals should possess unlimited rights?~ Auberon Herbert Socialism is but Catholicism addressing itself not to the soul but to the sense of men... [Both implore you to] accept authority, accept the force which it employs, resign yourself to all-powerful managers, give up the free choice and the free act... They both seek to sacrifice man.~ Auberon Herbert National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with the democratic order.~ Adolf Hitler Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity.~ Eric Hoffer When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.~ Eric Hoffer It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.~ Eric Hoffer There is no such thing as a majority right. Only those who understand and act according to this principle can promote true freedom.~ Harry H. Hoiles If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds ... its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate concerns’ of children to have ‘adequate’ and ‘equal’ access to ‘free’ french fries, lemonade and videos.~ Hans-Hermann Hoppe While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.~ Justice Charles Evans Hughes Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print