"From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position."
— Friedrich Hayek
From The Fact That People Are
From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position.
About this quote
From The Constitution of Liberty (1960), Chapter 6, "Equality, Value, and Merit." Hayek was arguing against policies designed to equalize outcomes, as opposed to equalizing rules. He held that people differ enormously in their circumstances, abilities, and preferences, so applying the same rules to different people will inevitably produce unequal outcomes — and that this is not a flaw but a reflection of genuine human diversity.
Source
The Constitution of Liberty, Chapter 6 (1960)
