Libertarian Quotes · Page 17

The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns…

— Mao Zedong

By the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions.

— William J. Clinton

Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men.

— Ludwig von Mises

I certainly have some very strong libertarian leanings, yes.

— Clarence Thomas

When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free.

— Tom Robbins

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

— Isaiah Berlin

Republicans are already on seriously thin ice, having presided over an era of unprecedented spending and consistently failing to articulate conservative principles…

— David Limbaugh

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

— Rudolph Rummel

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

— Anonymous

I'm a complete libertarian. I think it's very, very dangerous. I really mean that. I think the smoking ban is a tip…

— Jeremy Irons

I'm not a libertarian in the sense that I think all these social programs should be abolished in any sense.

— Pat Buchanan

Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from regard…

— Adam Smith

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

— Abraham Lincoln

Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.

— Harry Browne

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

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

The Conspiracy Theory of Society... [is] a typical result of the secularization of a religious superstition. The belief in the Homeric gods…

— Karl Popper

I come to the table from a conservative or libertarian point of view, and I admit that. I'm a commentator. I'm not…

— Glenn Beck

“Democracy is a suggestion box for slaves.”

— Stefan Molyneux

Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the…

— Berkeley Breathed

I stated that I'm a libertarian Republican, which means I believe in a series of issues, such as smaller government, constraint on…

— Alan Greenspan

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

Dependence leads to subservience.

— Thomas Jefferson