When order is achieved among human beings by allowing them to interact with each other on their own initiative - subject only to the laws which uniformly apply to all of them - we have a system of spontaneous order in society. (Michael Polanyi)

When order is achieved among human beings by allowing them to interact with each other on their own initiative - subject only to the laws which uniformly apply to all of them - we have a system of spontaneous order in society.

Michael Polanyi

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