Adults Quote by David Boaz

Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult.

— Brandon Simpson

The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both…

— Michael Badnarik

[Libertarianism] is about curbing state power to let people be and do what they want. Liberalism is about using state power to make people…

— Jonah Goldberg

Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our cities safe,…

— Harry Browne

The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm…

— Russell Kirk

A libertarian is a conservative who got mugged by his government.

— Anonymous

I think Liberals may tend to be more people oriented, whereas Conservatives are more task oriented. It makes Liberals look softheaded to Conservatives and…

— Rock Cowles

Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or…

— Tom G. Palmer

Libertarians believe consenting adults have the right to do whatever they choose, except band together.

— Emo Philips

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But…

— Norman Ornstein

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

— Tom G. Palmer

If conservatives really believed in individual liberty, as they endlessly claim and if they used both halves of their brains then they'd be libertarians.…

— L. Neil Smith