Arguably, the application of complete libertarianism leads one towards anarchy. — Michael O'Rielly Copy Share Image
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason Copy Share Image
America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
It ain't so much what a man doesn't know that causes him so many problems, but what he knows that ain't so. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter… — Tom C. Clark Copy Share Image
Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Post-structuralism is among other things a kind of theoretical hangover from the failed uprising of ‘68, a way of keeping the revolution… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm talking of the idea, basically very widespread in America, that the less government the better, which is obviously being used to… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Don’t strike first, don’t steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
“But you see, "libertarian" has a special meaning in the United States. The United Statesis off the spectrum of the main tradition… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most fundamental challenge of the anthropocene concerns agency. For those who lived the Enlightenment dream (always a minority but an influential… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Liberals love to say things like, "We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share." But government is not about asking. It… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Normal kids are turned into Borribles very slowly, almost without being aware of it; but one day they wake up and there… — Michael De Larrabeiti Copy Share Image
“Libertarianism used to have a robust left wing as well. Both disliked government. Both were driven by a fantastically nostalgic conviction that… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. — Allan H. Meltzer Copy Share Image
The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves. — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities. — Mike Cloud Copy Share Image
We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image