Advocating Quote by David Harsanyi

If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band,…

— Murray Rothbard

“When I introduce myself as a card-carrying Libertarian, more often than not I get the same old response: 'Oh, you're the people who want…

— Neal Boortz

Instead of a bumbling and inefficient tool of society, the radical [libertarian] sees the State itself, in its very nature, as coercive, exploitative, parasitic,…

— Murray Rothbard

I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain why you…

— Dave Barry

History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are…

— Harlan F. Stone

“Free spirits, the ambitious, ex-socialists, drug users, and sexual eccentrics often find an attractive political philosophy in libertarianism, the idea that individual freedom should…

— Robert Locke

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common…

— Tom G. Palmer

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the…

— Harry Browne

It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment, and it's…

— Rick Steves

Congress has broad powers to regulate and control commerce. Congress also cannot force a state to 'un-decriminalize' something; states' rights are routinely upheld by…

— Matt Gaetz

If the State does not enjoy a monopoly of violence, which then gives it the power to order people's lives and to compel them…

— Murray Bookchin

I'm tired of people thinking that Libertarians don't have morality- that they don't have values. that's a lot of hogwash. Libertarians are the ONLY…

— Peter McWilliams