That's the first sign you know you're a Libertarian. You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there's not a… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
People still have a choice, but, if they find it all too confusing, or they just want someone else to make a… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
The libertarian must never advocate or prefer a gradual, as opposed to an immediate and rapid, approach to his goal. For by… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The U.S. has always been a contradiction. It's always been a deeply protectionist, institutional place, where you're not allowed to smoke, and… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the… — Tom L. Johnson Copy Share Image
The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
“In his 1907 retirement address, Joseph Pulitzer urged his successors to always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference.… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
“Rights" are something made up by governments to make you feel like you're buying something with your taxes.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me;… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become… — Jedediah Purdy Copy Share Image
