Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated - a system of checks and balances.

Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything l…

The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum for determining t…

The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.

In the physical sciences there may be little objection to trying to do the impossible; one might even feel that one ought not to discourage the over-confident …

The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbour and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less that which the smallest functionaire pos…

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.