Ferguson described civilization - including each component part, such as language, law, and the economy - as being "the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design."* Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)
"Failure to understand not only that undesigned social orders are real, but also that these undesigned orders are superior to any arrangements that could be consciously designed and engineered, is perhaps the greatest source of tyranny and disorder of the past 200 years." Donald J. Boudreaux, http://www.cafehayek.com/
Fantastic quote.
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