Libertarianism Quotes · Page 9

The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more…

— Joseph Sobran

A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.

— Albert Einstein

I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.

— Penn Jillette

Government is, at every level, a means to gather in the labor and wealth of the people, and then instruct the people…

— Jeff Baxter

If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god.”

— Stefan Molyneux

I do not believe that the government should have its long nose poked into the private consensual relationships between people.

— John Anderson

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

Giving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator.

— Tim Barber

The future inhabitants of [both] the Atlantic and Mississippi states will be our sons. We think we see their happiness in their…

— Thomas Jefferson

Even the most Bush-happy, flag suckling jack-arse knows deep-down inside that something is wrong. America is over and everyone knows it. The…

— Jello Biafra

“But you see, "libertarian" has a special meaning in the United States. The United Statesis off the spectrum of the main tradition…

— Noam Chomsky

“Before the mid-20th century, when American libertarians entangled themselves in conservative coalitions against the New Deal and Soviet Communism, "free market" thinkers…

— Charles W. Johnson

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

When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in…

— Albert J. Nock

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws…

— Ludwig von Mises

It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Whenever there is some trouble in any area of the economy, the simplest solution to many people is "Let the government fix…

— Lawrence Fertig

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean…

— Courtney Love

Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels…

— Harry Browne

One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Harry Browne

“Making universal prosperity a right is the surest way to universal poverty.”

— JSB Morse

The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death. This is not a wish or…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

— Anonymous