"It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil."

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Source : "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek. Part II: "Freedom and the Law". Chapter 9: "Coercion and the State", 1960.

Friedrich August von Hayek

#Men Quotes #Evil Quotes #Coercion Quotes

“The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.”
“Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I recognized no distinction of creeds in my appointments office.”
“There ARE people who won't customarily eat an entire row of cookies, or hear food calling their name from other rooms, or who don't grind up food in the garbage disposal for fear of eating it, or get it back out of the garbage so they could eat it. Of course, my binge eating was just a cover-up for the larger issue: Trying to fill the emptiness”
“Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.”
“All my life I've been waiting to understand. Look what God has done for me!”
“I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.”
“The only true immortality lies in one's children.”
“Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her eyes.”

Source : Judith McNaught (2016). “Until You”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

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