Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate. — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
To entrust the government with the power of determining the education which our children receive is entrusting our servant with the power… — David Nasaw 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 only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The illegal drug trade is the financial engine that fuels many terrorist organizations around the world, including Osama bin Laden. — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
“Karl Popper once said that attempts to create heaven on earth invariably produce hell. Libertarianism holds out the goal not of a… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable… — William Henry Chamberlin Copy Share Image
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
[During the 20th century] ... 170 million men, women, and children have been shot, beaten, tortured, knifed, burned, starved, frozen, crushed, or… — Rudolph Rummel Copy Share Image
The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is what you probably already believe: Libertarian values are American values. Libertarianism is America's heritage of liberty, patriotism and honest work… — David Bergland Copy Share Image
“When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is neither of the left nor of the right. It is unique. It is sui generis. It is apart from left… — Walter Block Copy Share Image
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, the same logic that would force one to accept the idea of the production of security by private business as economically… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“Making universal prosperity a right is the surest way to universal poverty.” — JSB Morse Copy Share Image
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Giving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator. — Tim Barber Copy Share Image
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression. — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image