Friedrich August von Hayek Quotes:
Ocupation: Economist
Life: May 8, 1899 - March 23, 1992
Birthday: May 8
Death: March 23
The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments.
source: "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Postscript: Why I Am Not a Conservative, 1960.
topic: Philosophy, Guiding Principles, Often Is, Conservative Political, Political Philosophy
