Best Libertarianism Quotations
141 Libertarianism quotes by 97 unique authors
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
— H. L. Mencken
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to…
— John Stuart Mill
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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade…
— Ludwig von Mises
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Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
— George Orwell
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The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy…
— Ron Paul
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When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
— Ron Paul
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Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist.
— Neil Peart
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
— William Penn
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
— William Penn
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
— Ayn Rand
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.…
— Ronald Reagan
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Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
— Ronald Reagan
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One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
— Thomas Reed
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That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.
— Kim Stanley Robinson
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Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
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War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
— Bertrand Russell
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Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
— Bertrand Russell
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
— Friedrich Schiller
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What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid…
— Thomas Sowell
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The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
— Thomas Sowell
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Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power…
— Thomas Sowell
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All socialism involves slavery.
— Herbert Spencer
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