I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it often means very nearly the opposite of this. It has been part of the camouflage of leftish movements in this country, helped by muddleheadedness of many who really believe in liberty, that 'liberal' has come to mean the advocacy of almost every kind of government control.


The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek: The fortunes of liberalism (ed. 1992)

Friedrich Hayek Quotes

I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it...

I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it...

I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it...

I use throughout the term 'liberal' in the original, nineteenth-century sense in which it is still current in Britain. In current American usage it...