Evolution Quote by Geoffrey Miller

Libertarianism, the political philosophy of rugged individualism, ought to hold a natural appeal to tolerant, anti-statist, free-trade conservatives who deplore the turn taken by…

— Jacob Weisberg

The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models…

— Jaron Lanier

“Libertarian paternalism is a relatively weak, soft, and nonintrusive type of paternalism because choices are not blocked, fenced off, or significantly burdened.”

— Richard H. Thaler

A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.

— Harry Browne

One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated,…

— George Carlin

“The assumption that agents are rational provides the intellectual foundation for the libertarian approach to public policy: do not interfere with the individual’s right…

— Daniel Kahneman

“Libertarians (like anarchists and Marxists) generally believe that human nature is good, though damaged by certain social institutions. Conservatives, on the contrary, hold that…

— Russell Kirk

I reject the premise that liberal and libertarian values are necessarily in conflict. In fact, I often self-identify as a 'classical liberal.'

— John Mackey

On the conservative side, today's libertarianism is far more dogmatic and devoid of qualification than the liberalism of Adam Smith or J.S. Mill. Like…

— Michael Lind

In the United States, where it has become almost impossible to use "liberal" in the sense in which I have used it, the term…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.”

— Hany Ghoraba

Libertarians are liberals who like markets.

— Will Wilkinson