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Notable Quote: Hayek On Collectivist Doctrine

“…the paradox of all collectivist doctrine and its demand for ‘conscious’ control or ‘conscious’ planning is that they necessarily lead to the demand that the mind of some individual should rule supreme” – FA Hayek    

Notable Quote: Hayek On Where Planning Leads

“… planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and the enforcement of ideals and… essential if central planning on a large case is to be possible” –FA Hayek      

Notable Quote: Stages Towards Planning

“The belief is becoming more and more widespread that, if things are to get done, the responsible authorities must be freed from the fetters of democratic procedure. The cry for an economic dictator is a characteristic stage in the movement toward planning…” –FA Hayek      

Notable Quote: On Powers Delegated from the Legislature to the Administrator

What is often called “delegation of lawmaking power” is often delegation of the authority to give to any decision the force of law, so that, like an act of the legislature, it must be unquestioningly accepted by the courts. This brings us to what in modern times has become the crucial issue, namely the legal …

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