Politics Quote by John Hospers

“Yet basically, libertarians are for freedom and liberty for individuals, while recognizing that in order to be free we must also be protected. Your…

— Michael Shermer

“Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes…

— Murray N. Rothbard

“Government, if it has any purpose at all (and many libertarians doubt it does), should be restricted to the protection of its citizens' persons…

— Brian Doherty

“The nearest approach to a libertarian government was the government of the United States at the time of its inception.”

— John Hospers

“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

“Many rabble-rousers for libertarianism, liberty and freedom are unwitting pawns of controllers they have never even considered.”

— Bryant McGill

“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

“Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects…

— David Boaz

“Liberty demands self-government, but not the right to interfere with others.”

— Bertrand Russell

“I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Hany Ghoraba