Libertarian Quotes

562 quotes by 315 authors

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. — Michael Badnarik
I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so,… — Mikhail Bakunin
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity… — Mikhail Bakunin
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. — Honore de Balzac
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. — John Adams
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone. — Frederic Bastiat
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed… — Frederic Bastiat
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. — Frederic Bastiat
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. — Mortimer Adler
Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical… — Allan Bloom
I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all. — Big Boi
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. — John Bolton
Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard. — John Bolton
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. — Spiro T. Agnew
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. — James Bovard

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