Libertarian Quotes · Page 27

I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference…

— Kurt Russell

When I'm asked where libertarians fit on the left-right spectrum, I say we don't. We're above the line.

— Marshall Fritz

I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have…

— Winston Churchill

Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be…

— James Carriger Paine

Some libertarians succeed by re-inventing the wheel. Most libertarians fail by re-inventing the flat tire.

— Mike Cloud

Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for…

— Harry Browne

Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister…

— Lord Byron

“AM A policy that can pass libertarian muster by our standards is called presumed consent. Presumed consent preserves freedom of choice,”

— Anonymous

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to…

— John Stuart Mill

Republicans ought to propose conservative answers to the concerns that are uppermost on most voters’ minds. The libertarian-populist method seems to be…

— Ramesh Ponnuru

We're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Armed people are free. No state can control those who have the machinery and the will to resist, no mob can take…

— L. Neil Smith

When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional right to free speech, it acts lawlessly; and the citizen…

— William O. Douglas

“No matter where you are on the issue, there is no solution to it within a government school context, only perpetual conflict.…

— Lawrence W. Reed

“A cop's JOB is to violently enforce upon the rest of us whatever arbitrary bullshit the political parasites declare to be "law."…

— Larken Rose

Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves…

— Isaiah Berlin

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

— John Marshall

Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling…

— Joseph Sobran

Why don’t we have libertarian anarchy? Why does government exist? The answer implicit in previous chapters is that government as a whole…

— David D. Friedman

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.

— Richard Dawkins

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

— Jefferson Davis

I get along with Democrats really well, and I think that's something that's unreported. I think it's partly my libertarian tendencies.

— Raul Labrador

To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty…

— George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

“Rights" are something made up by governments to make you feel like you're buying something with your taxes.”

— Stefan Molyneux

I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

— Rick Santorum

Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference.…

— Hugh Downs

I'm a staunch civil libertarian; I really believe that the individual is more important than any societal value.

— Richard Grossman

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical,…

— William Bennett

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes…

— Tom Clancy

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

— Harry Browne

If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists…

— Thomas Sowell

The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It's outstandingly different in quality and quantity.

— Antony Flew

The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.

— Theodore J. Forstmann

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.

— Thomas Jefferson

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will…

— Herbert Spencer

For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.

— Noam Chomsky

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.

— Ayn Rand