Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.

- Jon Elster

The basic postulate from which I start is that the goal of the social sciences is the liberation of man.

- Jon Elster

Reduction is at the heart of progress in science.

- Jon Elster

In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium.

- Jon Elster

The investigation of this problem - How is spontaneous order possible? - is sometimes referred to as the 'Hayek programme'.

- Jon Elster