The Great F.A. Hayek

“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

The great Austrian School economist provides us with some much-needed words of caution, particularly in light of the current notion that government needs to provide jobs, health care, a retirement plan, etc.  All of these things are desirable, but none merit the coercion of one group of citizens in servitude to another group.

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