“That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services.” — Richard Epstein Copy Share Image
I want to gag sometimes when I see who "we" are recommending that people vote for, and not just as a libertarian. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that "compassion." — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Using coercion to drive charity is like using kidnapping to create love.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of… — Henry George Copy Share Image
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I find it perfectly consistent for libertarians to operate on the municipal or county level, where they are close to the people… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Throughout the history of the Internet, most of the innovation has come as a by-product of efforts to facilitate communication within social… — John Quiggin Copy Share Image
“People and their values are almost infinitely diverse, and people will never agree on many elements of social arrangements that might be… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The Libertarian Party is a very mainstream party. It's a mainstream philosophy. It's of returning power from Washington to parents, to schools,… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
“So what? Why should an a priori proof of the libertarian property theory make any difference? Why not engage in aggression anyway?”… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
I am really interested in who owns ideas of religion. What if I say I'm a libertarian, socialist, Occupy-supporting, anti-war, Christian? Is… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
The same government that brought you urban renewal is likely to make an even worse mess of suburban renewal. — Steven F. Hayward Copy Share Image