Thought for the day
- Thursday, November 12 2009 @ 12:45 PM CST
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From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.
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Although we had been warned by some of the greatest political thinkers of the nineteenth century, by De Tocqueville and Lord Acton, that socialism means slavery, we have steadily moved in the direction of socialism. And now that we have seen a new form of slavery (socialism) arise before our eyes, we have so completely forgotten the warning that it scarcely occurs to us that (political freedom and economic freedom) may be connected.
Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.