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title: "7 Libertarians Want Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-lott/i-don-t-agree-with-the-libertarians-i-want-my-security-first-i-ll/)

[Trent Lott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-lott/)

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> [Conservatives want to be your daddy, telling you what to do and what not to do. Liberals want to be your mommy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-boaz/conservatives-want-to-be-your-daddy-telling-you-what-to-do-and-what/)

[David Boaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-boaz/)

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> [Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-simpson/liberals-want-the-government-to-be-your-mommy-conservatives-want/)

[Brandon Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-simpson/)

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> [“The genius of free human beings is that, given responsibility, they join together to take care of each other—to be their brothers’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-murray/the-genius-of-free-human-beings-is-that-given-responsibility-they/)

[Charles Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-murray/)

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> [Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-l-shelley/today-s-secular-libertarians-who-want-to-remove-biblical-religion/)

[Bruce L. Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-l-shelley/)

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> [It's the libertarians who want to reclaim decision-making for themselves. It's the small government folks who see government as a great Leviathan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-troia-mcfarland/it-s-the-libertarians-who-want-to-reclaim-decision-making-for/)

[Kathleen Troia McFarland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-troia-mcfarland/)

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> [Republicans don't want anyone having more fun than they do, and the Democrats don't want anyone making more money than they do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/republicans-don-t-want-anyone-having-more-fun-than-they-do-and-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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