Quote by: Friedrich Hayek

While people will submit to suffering which may hit anyone, they will not so easily submit to suffering which is the result of the decision of authority. It may be bad to be just a cog in an impersonal machine; but it is infinitely worse if we can no longer leave it, if we are tied to our place and to the superiors who have been chosen for us. Dissatisfaction of everybody with his lot will inevitably grow with the consciousness that it is the result of deliberate human decision.


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Author Bio


  • NameFriedrich Hayek
  • DescriptionBritish economist and Nobel Prize for Economics laureate
  • AliasesFriedrich August von Hayek
  • BornMay 8, 1899
  • DiedMarch 23, 1992
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionEconomist; Philosopher; Historian; Political Scientist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Order Of Merit Of Baden-Württemberg; Ring Of Honour Of The City Wien; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Order Of Merit For Arts And Science; Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize