Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul will be consigned to eternal torment in the never-ending subterranean barbecue if you fail to follow the whacky edicts of one particular set of puckered dogwhistles or another. You may recall from the great movie Strange… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share
I have a recurring daymare that when the Glorious People's SWAT Teams smash their way in, most of us - by which I mean members of the general freedom movement - will be caught flatfooted, sitting in our underwear behind our computer monitors, guzzling Jolt and gorging on Cheetos, while arguing with our friends and enemies online about immigration or… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share
I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Victim disarmament types are sick, sick people, who'd rather see a woman raped in an alley and strangled with her own pantyhose than see… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Money, first and foremost, is a medium of communication, conveying the information we call 'price'. Government control of the money supply is censorship, a… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“...occasionally I like carrying raw steel to remind myself of an important lesson. The blade's an extension of the hand, the agent--no pun intended--of… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
