Absence Quote by S.M. Stirling

A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or…

— L. Neil Smith

A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for…

— L. Neil Smith

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

— Anonymous

People think that libertarians are probably greedy and anti-social, and I'm sure some of them are. But the nice thing about it is, it's…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

“[The] term 'libertarian' itself, to be sure, raises a problem, notably, the specious identification of an anti-authoritarian ideology with a straggling movement for 'pure…

— Murray Bookchin

“The fact is that libertarianism is not and does not pretend to be a complete moral or aesthetic theory; it is only a political…

— Murray N. Rothbard

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

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

There are some libertarians who are really anarchists, but others are more concerned about the distant relationship between themselves and power. They mistakenly think…

— Zephyr Teachout