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… — 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… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Government is about stealing and nothing else. That's all it's ever been about. That's all it'll ever be about. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Government can only do two things: It can beat people up and kill them. Or it can threaten to do so. When… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
To politicians, solved problems represent a dire threat - of unemployment and poverty. That's why no problem ever tackled by the government… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
There's nothing noble or selfless about politicians and there never has been. Putting it charitably, Profiles in Courage is a compendium of… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I have long argued that we need to reopen Alcatraz to house government criminals, and let tourists on excursion boats in San… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
People - pardon me, journalists and politicians - have often accused me of believing that I'm above the law. And yet, who… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
We live in times of wonderful technology and crappy politics. The task before us now is not to let the latter destroy… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Try not to be too angry or disappointed with your fellow Americans. Most of them don't care about politics as much as… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Socialism is, among other things, the political habitat of low self-esteem, incompetence, self-loathing, and a willingness to steal - or have stolen… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The first and most important thing to understand about politics is this: forget Right, Left, Center, socialism, fascism, or democracy. Every government… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Even if drugs are fully as destructive as they are usually claimed to be, it is morally wrong and demonstrably more destructive… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Politicians need human misery. ... Government's a disease masquerading as its own cure. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Despite the Internet 's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Any politico who's afraid of his constituents being armed, should be. Leaders of the anti-gun movement (for the most part, politicians who… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses… — 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… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
I have a recurring daymare that when the Glorious People's SWAT Teams smash their way in, most of us - by which I mean… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
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
