I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I just think it is important that you realize , that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care… — Milton Friedman 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
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Conservatism is constitutionally opposed to public reason, and this explains the abandon with which so many conservative pundits embrace flagrant simulations of… — Philip E. Agre 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 [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
He is not like Ron Swanson at all because he's very emotional and vulnerable. He is all of the things that I… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
What I'd like to see developing is an American radicalism, libertarian in character, which relies, however weak, faint, and even mythic these… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Сrown. It may be frail - its… — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face… — Frank I. Cobb 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
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The important question is, therefore, not whether anarchy is possible or not, but whether we can so enlarge the scope and influence… — Colin Ward Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
There is a common perception that there are two alternative libertarian positions on immigration: government-controlled borders and open borders. Nothing could be… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about "Soviet jewelry" has there been… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“It's illegal to forcefully take money from people unless you're the government. It's illegal to take someone's liberty, unless you're the government.… — J.S.B. Morse Copy Share Image
Whether they [left in America are] anarcho-communists, anarcho-syndicalists, or libertarians who believe in free enterprise, I regard theirs as the real legacy… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Incorporating in their colorful, slashing, superbly readable pages, the major themes of the "left" opposition under Walpole, these libertarian tracts, emerging first… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don't think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they… — Daniel Kammen Copy Share Image
The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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