John Hospers

“A fascist is a student who, seeing the representatives of a chemical industry recruiting on campus, cries, "Let's chase the bastard off!…

— John Hospers

“A fascist is anyone who, seeing a man working hard and earning money, says, "He's getting more than we are, let's pass”

— John Hospers

By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes…

— John Hospers

“The nearest approach to a libertarian government was the government of the United States at the time of its inception.”

— John Hospers

The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.

— John Hospers

An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the…

— John Hospers

“Beware: the Government Is Armed and Dangerous.”

— John Hospers

...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative.

— John Hospers

“Should an individual or a government use force at all, even in retaliation? Clearly yes; complete pacifism is self-defeating.”

— John Hospers

Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment, is like…

— John Hospers

“A fascist is anyone who, seeing a man working hard and earning money, says, "He's getting more than we are, let's pass…

— John Hospers

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

“The tyranny of a majority can be just as cruel as the tyranny of a single dictator, depending on the degree of…

— John Hospers

“Do you want to have free medical care at the expense of other people, whether they wish to provide it or not?…

— John Hospers

Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor.

— John Hospers

“The only government tolerated by libertarians is one that exercises only retaliatory use of force on anyone who initiates the use of…

— John Hospers

If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.

— John Hospers