The Nobel Prize Confers On An Individual

That There Is Little Hope Of International Order Or Lasting Peace So Long As Every Country Is Free To Employ Whatever Measures It Thinks Desirable In Its Own Immediate Interest, However Damaging They May Be To Others, Needs Little Emphasis Now.

It Is Because Freedom Means The Renunciation Of Direct Control Of Individual Efforts That A Free Society Can Make Use Of So Much More Knowledge Than The Mind Of The Wisest Ruler Could Comprehend.

We Did Not Realise How Fragile Our Civilisation Was.

Personally I Prefer A Liberal Dictator To Democratic Government Lacking Liberalism.

We Must Make The Building Of A Free Society Once More An Intellectual Adventure, A Deed Of Courage. Unless We Can Make The Philosophic Foundations Of A Free Society Once More A Living Intellectual Issue, And Its Implementation A Task Which Challenges The Ingenuity And Imagination Of Our Liveliest Minds, The Prospects Of Freedom Are Indeed Dark. But If We Can Regain That Belief In The Power Of Ideas Which Was The Mark Of Liberalism At Its Best, The Battle Is Not Lost.