HILTON Soon after the ░░░░░░░░ World War young British ░░░░░░░░ pilot Anthony Fisher became ░░░░░░░░ of the direction the ░░░░░░░░ was heading in after ░░░░░░░░ election of a socialist ░░░░░░░░ He felt that all ░░░░░░░░ freedoms he and his ░░░░░░░░ had fought for in ░░░░░░░░ war were being undermined ░░░░░░░░ he went to see ░░░░░░░░ most prominent academic advocate ░░░░░░░░ freedom at that time ░░░░░░░░ writer Friedrich Hayek who ░░░░░░░░ based at the London ░░░░░░░░ of Economics Fisher told ░░░░░░░░ that he wanted to ░░░░░░░░ involved in the fight ░░░░░░░░ freedom and run for ░░░░░░░░ Did he have any ░░░░░░░░ Hayek s advice was ░░░░░░░░ direct Don t do ░░░░░░░░ He said You won ░░░░░░░░ change very much if ░░░░░░░░ just go into politics ░░░░░░░░ you have to change ░░░░░░░░ climate of ideas So ░░░░░░░░ Fisher went away and ░░░░░░░░ a business made some ░░░░░░░░ and then did exactly ░░░░░░░░ Hayek recommended He founded ░░░░░░░░ think tank the Institute ░░░░░░░░ Economic Affairs in London ░░░░░░░░ went on to become ░░░░░░░░ of the most influential ░░░░░░░░ of the 20th century ░░░░░░░░ young politician Margaret Thatcher ░░░░░░░░ a regular at its ░░░░░░░░ she devour its publications ░░░░░░░░ many ways Anthony Fisher ░░░░░░░░ of Economic Affairs was ░░░░░░░░ birthplace of the free ░░░░░░░░ revolution that swept the ░░░░░░░░ led by Thatcher and ░░░░░░░░ course President Reagan A ░░░░░░░░ years later Anthony Fisher ░░░░░░░░ a free market think ░░░░░░░░ here in America the ░░░░░░░░ Institute To this day ░░░░░░░░ Institute is a vital ░░░░░░░░ in our policy debates ░░░░░░░░ home for such influential ░░░░░░░░ such as Heather McDonald ░░░░░░░░ Christopher Rufo who has ░░░░░░░░ such incredible work exposing ░░░░░░░░ evils of Critical Race ░░░░░░░░ Why am I telling ░░░░░░░░ all this Because Anthony ░░░░░░░░ had a daughter who ░░░░░░░░ could say had an ░░░░░░░░ more remarkable impact on ░░░░░░░░ world Her name was ░░░░░░░░ Whetstone She is my ░░░░░░░░ in law and this ░░░░░░░░ she died suddenly and ░░░░░░░░ Linda came from a ░░░░░░░░ where the conventional thing ░░░░░░░░ do would have been ░░░░░░░░ throw yourself into life ░░░░░░░░ a mother the life ░░░░░░░░ a local community in ░░░░░░░░ English countryside where she ░░░░░░░░ with her family and ░░░░░░░░ did all those things ░░░░░░░░ she did something else ░░░░░░░░ decided to build on ░░░░░░░░ her father had achieved ░░░░░░░░ the course of the ░░░░░░░░ few decades she herself ░░░░░░░░ one of the greatest ░░░░░░░░ most indefatigable champions for ░░░░░░░░ in the world That ░░░░░░░░ because she focused on ░░░░░░░░ places in the world ░░░░░░░░ people need freedom the ░░░░░░░░ Through the Atlas Network ░░░░░░░░ Africa Asia and eastern ░░░░░░░░ she helped people start ░░░░░░░░ and organizations to fight ░░░░░░░░ freedom and opportunity property ░░░░░░░░ the rule of law ░░░░░░░░ institutions of a free ░░░░░░░░ and a market economy ░░░░░░░░ she taught me these ░░░░░░░░ the foundations of our ░░░░░░░░ and opportunity We take ░░░░░░░░ for granted but many ░░░░░░░░ just don t have ░░░░░░░░ Linda Whetstone set about ░░░░░░░░ that She inspired so ░░░░░░░░ people in so many ░░░░░░░░ She was working in ░░░░░░░░ to help build freedom ░░░░░░░░ prosperity and especially to ░░░░░░░░ women to do it ░░░░░░░░ was organizing seminars on ░░░░░░░░ rule of law in ░░░░░░░░ to challenge the dictator ░░░░░░░░ Mugabe She set up ░░░░░░░░ Islam Liberty Network to ░░░░░░░░ Muslims around the world ░░░░░░░░ their religion could be ░░░░░░░░ with freedom One of ░░░░░░░░ first projects I remember ░░░░░░░░ working on relentlessly putting ░░░░░░░░ all the great writings ░░░░░░░░ liberty and free market ░░░░░░░░ Smith the Federalist Papers ░░░░░░░░ Friedman she put them ░░░░░░░░ on a CD sending ░░░░░░░░ often smuggling it into ░░░░░░░░ like Iran and Pakistan ░░░░░░░░ she died just a ░░░░░░░░ days ago the messages ░░░░░░░░ the people she inspired ░░░░░░░░ those she helped directly ░░░░░░░░ of them young many ░░░░░░░░ the poorest countries in ░░░░░░░░ world people of every ░░░░░░░░ and background they have ░░░░░░░░ completely overwhelming Linda Whetstone ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary unique a woman ░░░░░░░░ the most conventional English ░░░░░░░░ who ended up running ░░░░░░░░ Mont Pelerin Society probably ░░░░░░░░ world s most revered ░░░░░░░░ respected intellectual institution for ░░░░░░░░ She was a true ░░░░░░░░ of nature an irrepressible ░░░░░░░░ Whatever she experienced was ░░░░░░░░ best thing ever Whoever ░░░░░░░░ met she found something ░░░░░░░░ them that made them ░░░░░░░░ most brilliant person ever ░░░░░░░░ alongside all this she ░░░░░░░░ the most fun and ░░░░░░░░ grandmother There s nothing ░░░░░░░░ enjoyed more than making ░░░░░░░░ bonfire with the grandchildren ░░░░░░░░ a winter afternoon My ░░░░░░░░ won t get to ░░░░░░░░ that with her this ░░░░░░░░ but they re so ░░░░░░░░ to have known her ░░░░░░░░ we are all so ░░░░░░░░ that there are people ░░░░░░░░ Linda Whetstone in the ░░░░░░░░ people who don t ░░░░░░░░ about the fame or ░░░░░░░░ glory they just want ░░░░░░░░ help people to solve ░░░░░░░░ to make the world ░░░░░░░░ better place and then ░░░░░░░░ get on and do ░░░░░░░░ as Linda would say ░░░░░░░░ s who really changes ░░░░░░░░ world This country is ░░░░░░░░ of them You can ░░░░░░░░ them in every community ░░░░░░░░ s actually why liberty ░░░░░░░░ why it works because ░░░░░░░░ around us there are ░░░░░░░░ people who can do ░░░░░░░░ things if they just ░░░░░░░░ the freedom Linda Whetstone ░░░░░░░░ father Anthony Fisher who ░░░░░░░░ so much himself to ░░░░░░░░ the world died in ░░░░░░░░ His daughter my mother ░░░░░░░░ law one of the ░░░░░░░░ that mattered most to ░░░░░░░░ was the thought that ░░░░░░░░ would be proud of ░░░░░░░░ she did Well he ░░░░░░░░ would be We all ░░░░░░░░