Libertarian Quotes · Page 28

“Rights" are something made up by governments to make you feel like you're buying something with your taxes.”

— Stefan Molyneux

To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty…

— George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

— Rick Santorum

Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

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

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical,…

— William Bennett

Switzerland is a land where crime is virtually unknown, yet most Swiss males are required by law to keep in their homes…

— Tom Clancy

I'm a staunch civil libertarian; I really believe that the individual is more important than any societal value.

— Richard Grossman

“In his 1907 retirement address, Joseph Pulitzer urged his successors to always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with…

— Joseph Pulitzer

If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you…

— Joseph Sobran

The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate…

— Michael Parenti

In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As…

— Chuck Baldwin

Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one…

— Pat Buchanan

“Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalisation. I do not believe that if you are libertarian, full of…

— Lee Kuan Yew

In practice, without appropriate government intervention, Smith's "invisible hand" dons brass knuckles and conducts gang warfare, creating fierce battles between competitors who…

— Denise Caruso

Given man's nature, freedom will always be in jeopardy, and the only question that need concern each of us is if and…

— Benjamin A. Rogge

For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

— Harry Browne

If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists…

— Thomas Sowell

Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.

— Richard Dawkins

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

— Jefferson Davis

I get along with Democrats really well, and I think that's something that's unreported. I think it's partly my libertarian tendencies.

— Raul Labrador

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.

— Ayn Rand

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

— F. Lee Bailey

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

— Felix Morley

Having created the conditions that make markets possible, democracy must do all the things that markets undo or cannot do.

— Benjamin Barber

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.

— Thomas Jefferson

The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.

— Theodore J. Forstmann

The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It's outstandingly different in quality and quantity.

— Antony Flew

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will…

— Herbert Spencer

For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.

— Noam Chomsky

I'll work with anyone - and I really do mean that - Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, contrarian, vegetarian.

— Elizabeth Warren

Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every…

— Bob Lutz

“When people have invested their identities into clichés, the only counter argument they have is 'being offended'.”

— Stefan Molyneux

What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus…

— Ayn Rand

"Gun Control" isn't about guns. It's about control. If guns are outlawed, how can we shoot the liberals?

— Mike Gunn

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

— Karl Popper

If you tell most people what libertarians think, they immediately assume that you cannot mean it all the way, that you're really…

— Dave Barry

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's…

— Joseph Sobran