Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are… — Richard Brookhiser Copy Share Image
The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If we have learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot Federalize Virtue. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Some libertarians succeed by re-inventing the wheel. Most libertarians fail by re-inventing the flat tire. — Mike Cloud Copy Share Image
Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other. — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Obviously, a man's judgement cannot be better than the information on which he has based it. Give him the truth and he… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger Copy Share Image
The Koch brothers tend to give to right-leaning and libertarian causes. Koch money was instrumental, for example, in founding the Cato Institute… — Donald Luskin Copy Share Image
Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree… — Isabel Paterson 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 cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression. — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
“Can social progress be made without government? It's like saying 'can happiness be achieved without the initiation of violence? Can romance be… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The state is essentially an apparatus of compulsion and coercion. The characteristic feature of its activities is to compel people through the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A nation that expects the government to prevent churches from burning, to control the price of bread or gasoline, to secure every… — William A. Niskanen Copy Share Image
