Frank Knight on Freedom of want

In any case freedom from want is no freedom; it means the right to consume without producing, implying coercion of somebody else to do the opposite thing. That is the opposite of free association. This, I repeat, does not deny the right in question, but its nature and extent ought surely to be discussed on the merits of the policy issues raised, and not begged by an indefensible definition.

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But freedom-from-want, stated as a social imperative, without reference to definition or limition or method of provision, opens the door to assertion of claims and policies that run into the impossible and the fantastic. The consequence, offering the highest bid for the votes of the "disadvantaged", or "forgotten men", identified by themselves or by self-appointed spokesmen.