Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Politics is the means by which the will of the few becomes the will of the many. — Howard W. Koch Copy Share Image
I don't speak for all Libertarians any more than Sean Penn speaks for all Democrats. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
We are a one party country. Half of them call themselves Democrats and the other half call themselves Republicans. All the good… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is… — Hajo Meyer Copy Share Image
“The free market, in its widest libertarian sense including all un-coerced activity whether trade or gift, can produce perpetually increasing software wealth… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by… — Plato Copy Share Image
Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
'The New York Times' breathlessly writes about the left-of-center Americans Elect being a 'new third party,' but we already have a third… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Peter Kropotkin described Anarchism as the extreme left wing of socialism - a view with which I completely agree. One of my… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There are some libertarians who are really anarchists, but others are more concerned about the distant relationship between themselves and power. They… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All of us inevitably spend our lives evolving from an initial to a final stage of dependence. If we are fortunate enough… — Willard Gaylin Copy Share Image
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation… — Thomas Naylor Copy Share Image
“The problems in every country are the same. Bureaucracy is strangling innovation. Overgrown political sectors are sucking away resources that could otherwise… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
“We have permitted cynical political reactionaries and the spokesmen of large corporations to pre-empt these basic libertarian American ideals. We have permitted… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“The earliest use of writing was strictly commercial and economic, not political or bureaucratic. It was trade, entrepreneurship, and stewardship of private… — Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
“Moreover, in the system of criminal punishment in the libertarian world, the emphasis would never be, as it is now, on "society's"… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
