Our Aim Must Be To Make Our

The Defence Of Democracy Must Consist In Making Anti-democratic Experiences Too Costly For Those Who Try Them; Much More Costly Than A Democratic Compromise

Science Does Not Rest Upon Solid Bedrock. The Bold Structure Of Its Theories Rises, As It Were, Above A Swamp. It Is Like A Building Erected On Piles. The Piles Are Driven Down From Above Into The Swamp, But Not Down To Any Natural Or 'given' Base; And If We Stop Driving The Piles Deeper, It Is Not Because We Have Reached Firm Ground. We Simply Stop When We Are Satisfied That The Piles Are Firm Enough To Carry The Structure, At Least For The Time Being.

I Have Learned More From Hayek Than From Any Other Living Thinker, Except Perhaps Alfred Tarski - But Not Even Excepting Russell.

Bold Ideas, Unjustified Anticipations, And Speculative Thought, Are Our Only Means For Interpreting Nature: Our Only Organon, Our Only Instrument, For Grasping Her. And We Must Hazard Them To Win Our Prize. Those Among Us Who Are Unwilling To Expose Their Ideas To The Hazard Of Refutation Do Not Take Part In The Scientific Game.

A Theory Is Just A Mathematical Model To Describe The Observations.