There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In order for an act to be a crime, libertarians say, someone must be harmed - there must be a victim. Anything… — Scott Banister Copy Share Image
Up until the late unpleasantness of the Civil war, then, the right of secession was more or less taken for granted in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate. — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical. — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that. — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they… — Daniel Kammen Copy Share Image
“[The] term 'libertarian' itself, to be sure, raises a problem, notably, the specious identification of an anti-authoritarian ideology with a straggling movement… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
The evolution of government from its medieval, Mafia-like character to that embodying modern legal institutions and instruments is a major part of… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of… — David Stove Copy Share Image
We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. No tinkering with this, that, or the other… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
On the conservative side, today's libertarianism is far more dogmatic and devoid of qualification than the liberalism of Adam Smith or J.S.… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
