The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state. — Anthony Gregory Copy Share Image
“Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.” — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I am so old that I can remember when liberals were liberal - instead of being intolerant of anything and anybody that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism. — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
I'm a liberal where children are concerned, a libertarian where adults are concerned - and thinking very seriously about running for the… — Daniel Keys Moran Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The U.S. has always been a contradiction. It's always been a deeply protectionist, institutional place, where you're not allowed to smoke, and… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the… — Tom L. Johnson Copy Share Image
Conservatism is constitutionally opposed to public reason, and this explains the abandon with which so many conservative pundits embrace flagrant simulations of… — Philip E. Agre Copy Share Image
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I'm a libertarian-conservative. I believe the state should focus on defending lives, rights, and property instead of depriving its citizens of their… — Todd Young Copy Share Image
I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe… They are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
'The New York Times' breathlessly writes about the left-of-center Americans Elect being a 'new third party,' but we already have a third… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
“That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services.” — Richard Epstein Copy Share Image
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of… — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
The same government that brought you urban renewal is likely to make an even worse mess of suburban renewal. — Steven F. Hayward Copy Share Image
“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Wealth comes from successful individual efforts to please one's fellow man ... that's what competition is all about: "outpleasing" your competitors to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Tea Party to establishment from social conservative to libertarian, we all - what people want more than anything is they don't just… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
Damn the Solar System. Bad light; planets too distant; pestered with comets; feeble contrivance; could make a better myself. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey Copy Share Image
Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“The ones who are insane enough to think that they can rule the world are always the ones who do.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations -… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against… — Steven T. Byington Copy Share Image
“Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship.” — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
