Libertarianism Quotes

Liberty is not something a government gives you. It is a right that no government can legally take away.

Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal

Murray N. Rothbard

You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore.

Some that read this book will find its Libertarian and Constitutionalist slant a bit obtuse and maybe even off-putting. This author makes no apologies for viewing the history of the eugenics movement from this political perspective. It is the ethical and legal underpinnings of the American Revolution that remain as a guiding light while the eugenics movement continues to reemerge long after its alleged demise. Limited, or rather minimal government, goes a long way to curtail the disconnect that emerges when government grows so large that it no longer feels compelled to heed to the dictates of the governed.

Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few.

The "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" begins with "life", and "life" begins at conception.

I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.

There is no more precious currency than the unfettered liberty to explore while engaged in an "Idea Economy". You cannot centrally plan the "Idea Economy" any more than you can plan fun or spontaneity. Regulations are restraints in an "Idea Economy". The entrepreneur is either free to experiment or not.

Socialists and Progressives confuse compassion and compulsion.