Brain Quote by L. Neil Smith

Conservatives who defend libertinism as liberty misunderstand what our Founding Fathers meant. We all love freedom. But freedom has a higher purpose, as should…

— Michael J. Knowles

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

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

Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless. Every significant…

— Leonard Read

The very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

— Ronald Reagan

The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual…

— Molly Ivins

I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

— William Safire

I am still puzzled why those in the United States who truly believe in liberty should not only have allowed the left to appropriate…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“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

Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long as it…

— Bill Maher

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

— Anonymous

Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure.

— John Mackey