Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Сrown. It may be frail - its… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face… — Frank I. Cobb Copy Share Image
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
I find it perfectly consistent for libertarians to operate on the municipal or county level, where they are close to the people… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
He is not like Ron Swanson at all because he's very emotional and vulnerable. He is all of the things that I… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What I'd like to see developing is an American radicalism, libertarian in character, which relies, however weak, faint, and even mythic these… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don't think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts, emerging first… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Whether they [left in America are] anarcho-communists, anarcho-syndicalists, or libertarians who believe in free enterprise, I regard theirs as the real legacy… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“It's illegal to forcefully take money from people unless you're the government. It's illegal to take someone's liberty, unless you're the government.… — J.S.B. Morse Copy Share Image
Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about "Soviet jewelry" has there been… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I've told the kids in the ghettos that violence won't solve their problems, but then they ask me, and rightly so; "Why… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Society thrives on trade simply because trade makes specialization possible, and specialization increases output, and increased output reduces the cost in toil… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
If you do not assume the law of non-contradiction, you have nothing to argue about. If you do not assume the principles… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
“MY THESIS, in simplest terms, is: Let anyone do anything he pleases, so long as it is peaceful; the role of government,… — Leonard E. Read Copy Share Image
If even one new drug of the stature of penicillin or digitalis has been unjustifiably banished to a company's back shelf because… — William Wardell Copy Share Image
Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Painful as it may be to hear it, there's nothing special about the people of this country that sets them apart from… — Alexander Beresford Hope 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
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
But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old… — Richard Posner 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
I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
![“The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government.” quote by Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/953/ayn-rand-59_charter_the-u-s-constitution-is-a-limitation-on_335234.jpg)
![“Whether they [left in America are] anarcho-communists, anarcho-syndicalists, or libertarians who believe in free enterprise, I regard theirs as the real legacy of the left, and I feel much closer, ideologically, to such individuals than I do to the totalitarian liberals and Marxist-Leninists of…” quote by Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e0f/murray-bookchin-2587_america_whether-they-left-in-america-are-anarcho_1465135.png)
![“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts on them, then took pictures and sent them to Charles [Koch] saying, ‘See? We’re doing great things with your money.” quote by Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/08d/jane-mayer-1031_libertarian_americans-for-prosperity-annoyed-some-of_21572.jpg)
