Average Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice…

— Charley Reese

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

— John Hospers

No one doubts that pure libertarianism is simple, but that's just why it remains on the ideological fringe - because it boils down the…

— Ross Douthat

In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.

— Charles Kennedy

No good libertarian I know wants us to completely isolate ourselves from the rest of the world. It's not even possible. I mean there…

— Dan Bongino

I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.

— Clint Eastwood

Why don’t we have libertarian anarchy? Why does government exist? The answer implicit in previous chapters is that government as a whole exists because…

— David D. Friedman

I think that most people are natural libertarians.

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values…

— Stephen Harper

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

— Deval Patrick

Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our cities safe,…

— Harry Browne

Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are their best…

— Richard Brookhiser