Fringe Party Quote by Dani Kollin

“Libertarianism is supposed to be all about principles, but what it's really about is political expedience. It's basically a corporate front, masked as philosophy.”

— Jane Mayer

The Liberal Party abandoned the principles of reform and social liberalism and has become, instead, just another piece of political machinery in the service…

— Eric Kierans

“[The] term 'libertarian' itself, to be sure, raises a problem, notably, the specious identification of an anti-authoritarian ideology with a straggling movement for 'pure…

— Murray Bookchin

“In 1976, with a contribution of some $65,000 from Charles Koch, the Center for Libertarian Studies in New York City was launched and soon…

— Jane Mayer

“And if there’s a libertarian moment in the future it won’t be while moderates are in charge. Because there are three basic tenets to…

— P.J. O'Rourke

“For while libertarians have too often been opportunists who lose sight of or under-cut their ultimate goal, some have erred in the opposite direction:…

— Murray N. Rothbard

Libertarian: everyone leaves everyone else alone

— Clint Eastwood

“Koch's youthful idealism about libertarianism had largely devolved into a rationale for corporate self-interest.”

— John Charles Chasteen

Libertarians believe that the government should stay out of private lives on issues that don't have a bearing on society as a whole.

— Norah Vincent

“What the Koch network needed to do, he said, was to persuade moderate, undecided voters that the “intent” of economic libertarians was virtuous.”

— Jane Mayer

The Libertarian Party is a very mainstream party. It's a mainstream philosophy. It's of returning power from Washington to parents, to schools, to businesses…

— Bob Barr

Take a very striking case in point: the Russian Bolsheviks. [Vladimir] Lenin created an alleged workers' party, which in every way reflected the Czarist…

— Murray Bookchin