“‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.” These words just as true today as they were in 1973 when first uttered by F.A. Hayek.
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The rest of the quote is a powerful warning: ".. and once they are suspended it is not difficult for anyone who has assumed emergency powers to see to it that the emergency will persist."
