Libertarian Quote by Leonard E. Read

“A rule that should never be broken: Always toward peace and freedom.”

— Behnam Rajabpoor

“Government, however, has its sole legitimate function in preventing the violation of the lives, liberties, and properties of its constituents. It is not empowered…

— Joseph Befumo

For government consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to do [it] harm.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be…

— James Madison

The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide…

— Algernon Sidney

“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Declaration of Independence

“Our goals can only be achieved with a society that respects and equally protects the rights of every human being, old and young, rich…

— Ron Paul

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private…

— John Adams

“There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture. It can never…

— Megan McKenna

“Anyway, the thing is that we need to understand that with all — frankly, with all due respect for the requirements of international law,…

— Shlomo Ben-Ami

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

“Peace is not the absence of violence, peace is an act of controlled violence.”

— Abhijit Naskar