If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the… — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Copy Share Image
It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in… — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Rand's [Paul] a libertarian. He has a view of the world that I don't share. He said that we shouldn't have any… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I would say to people of a libertarian conservative position on an issue, do not do a taped interview. You're going to… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
There's a certain libertarian right-wing view that there should be no FDA, that people can decide for themselves whether medicines are safe… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
It is always easier to deny reality than to allow our worldview to be shattered, a fact that was as true of… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people… — Federica Montseny Copy Share Image
The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and… — Donald James Copy Share Image
To describe Peter Thiel as simply a libertarian wildly understates the case. His belief system is based on unapologetic selfishness and economic… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly… — John Perry Barlow 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
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“AM A policy that can pass libertarian muster by our standards is called presumed consent. Presumed consent preserves freedom of choice,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Why don’t we have libertarian anarchy? Why does government exist? The answer implicit in previous chapters is that government as a whole… — David D. Friedman Copy Share Image
Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling… — Joseph Sobran 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
When I'm asked where libertarians fit on the left-right spectrum, I say we don't. We're above the line. — Marshall Fritz 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
Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be… — James Carriger 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
Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image