The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.

Friedrich Hayek

The Road to Serfdom

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Property rights Freedom

Author

Friedrich Hayek

Source

The Road to Serfdom

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Political literature Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Economist Philosopher Writer

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Austria Europe

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Citation

Von Hayek, Friedrich August. The Road to Serfdom [Der Weg zur Knechtschaft]. Routledge Press/University of Chicago Press, 1944, ch. 8.

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Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

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Time
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History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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George Orwell
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As I Please Tribune
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Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.