#soc

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#best #ends #how #importance #individuals

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me. ↗

— Salma Hayek

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The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

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I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

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Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#democracy #element #finally #liberal #liberal democracy