The recognition of the insuperable limits to his knowledge ought indeed to teach the student of society a lesson of humility which should guard him against becoming an accomplice in men's fatal striving to control society - a striving which makes him not only a tyrant over his fellows, but which may well make him the destroyer of a civilization which no brain has designed but which has grown from the free efforts of millions of individuals.

If man is not to do more harm than good in his efforts to improve the social order, he will have to learn that in this, as in all other fields where essential …

There are two ways of looking at the pattern of human activities which lead to very different conclusions concerning both its explanation and the possibilities…

We are only beginning to understand on how subtle a communication system the functioning of an advanced industrial society is based - a communications system w…

To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weig…

Knowing is what counts. To know one's country and govern it with that knowledge is the only way to free it from tyranny.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the gove…