Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.… — H. L. Mencken 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
Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. — Allan H. Meltzer Copy Share Image
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another ...… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Private enterprise creates; government destroys. That is the great economic lesson of our times and all times. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image