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Freedom
| Quote | Source | Page | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of rights become humbug. | Human Action | p. 284; p. 287 | Freedom |
| As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest detail. | Liberalism | p. 54 | Freedom |
| Freedom in society means that a man depends as much upon other people as other people depend on him. | Economic Policy | p. 19 | Freedom |
| Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop. | Human Action | p. 319; p. 322 | Freedom |
| Freedom must be granted to all, even to base people, lest the few who can use it for the benefit of mankind be hindered. | The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality | p. 108 | Freedom |
| Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes. | Economic Policy | p. 22 | Freedom |
| Liberty and freedom are the conditions of man within a contractual society. | Human Action | p. 282 | Freedom |
| Many of our contemporaries are firmly convinced that what is needed to render all human affairs perfectly satisfactory is brutal suppression of all bad people, i.e., of those with whom they disagree. | The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science | p. 95 | Freedom |
| The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. | Theory and History | p. 61 | Freedom |
| The distinction between an economic sphere of human life and activity and a noneconomic sphere is the worst of their fallacies. | Theory and History | pp. 376-77 | Freedom |