Today's Quotefall Puzzle by F.A. Hayek

Self-Published | 5/29/2020 | Self-Published

[GOP Congress]

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by F.A. Hayek. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. 

F.A. Hayek was an Anglo-Austrian economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and economic liberty. Author of the seminal book The Road to Serfdom, Hayek was the first major thought leader who denounced the socialist takeover of Western academia, particularly economics, as was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George H.W. Bush. 

All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.

To solve the puzzle:

• Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares on the bottom half (answer grid) below
• Each letter must stay in its own column within the grid
• Each letter must be used exactly once
• Black squares represent spaces and do not get letters
• Gray squares represent punctuation marks or numbers and do not get letters
• Some words will continue from one row to another. Only spaces (black squares) or punctuation marks separate words.

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NOTE: Hints are formatted in difficult-to-read yellow font to prevent inadvertent spoilers.

Highlight filtered (light yellow-colored) words to reveal hints and answer as needed. Hint words may be included more than once in the quote.

Word Hint 1: PRETEXT

Word Hint 2: WHICH

Word Hint 3: OF

Word Hint 4: LIBERTY

First 4 words: 'EMERGENCIES' HAVE ALWAYS BEEN

ANSWER: 'EMERGENCIES' HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE PRETEXT ON WHICH THE SAFEGUARDS OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY HAVE BEEN ERODED.

PRO TIP: On a desktop, triple-clicking anywhere in a row will highlight and reveal the entire row.

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Ping alert. Link leads to Quotefall puzzle by F.A. Hayek.

Title: Never let a crisis go to waste

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Previous quotefalls

[Uncle Miltie]

Pingalingadingdong….

[BenLurkin]

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[TBP]

Hayek is right, of course.

[nicollo]

I need a hint, where does it read

“e m e r g e n t o r d e r” ?

[GOP Congress]

Not sure where you got that from. In any case, you can find hints in ascending order of revelation in the first comment below the puzzle. Just highlight the yellow letters to expose the hints. Hint Words are located anywhere in the puzzle, while the First 3 words are, well, the first three words of the puzzle. This should give you enough hints to get a full jump on solving the puzzle.