“ Religions and states and classes and tribes and nations do not have to work or argue for their adherents and subjects. They more or less inherit them. Against this unearned patrimony there have always… Christopher Hitchens
“ All Socialism is Democratic Socialism. Socialist nations take away civil liberties by referendum. A.E. Samaan
“ Socialists eat their children. The poets, artists, and radicals are murdered first once statists come into power. Statists abhor free thinking. A.E. Samaan
“ There are those that want freedom from individual responsibility, and then there are those that want individual liberty. "Freedom" and "liberty" no longer mean what they used to. A desire for dependen… A.E. Samaan
“ Let us say that we did battle, and I emerged the victor. By your reasoning, I would thus become the rightful King of Vaa-oh, wait. I see now. That would not serve, since I haven't the proper bloodline… R.A. Salvatore
“ You either limit the government, or you limit the scope of your life. Why is the government that precious to you in the first place? A.E. Samaan
“ Even if you want no state, or a minimal state, then you still have to argue it point-by-point. Especially since most minimalists want to keep exactly the economic and police system that keeps them pri… Kim Stanley Robinson
“ Let's be clear: unless I have profoundly misunderstood its position, I pretty much despise American Libertarianism. Have these people seriously looked at the problems of the world and thought, 'Hmm, w… Iain Banks
“ A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms. Orrin Woodward
“ When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign. Stefan Molyneux
“ People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways. Hany Ghoraba
“ Is liberty your compass needle? Do you live by it? Do you seek it out equally for yourself as for others? Is it your creed? Do you observe its tenets and principles? Are you truly free? A.E. Samaan
“ The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. Frederic Bastiat
“ When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once known under the name of liberalism, I did not indulge in the vain hope that m… Ludwig von Mises
“ [Judith Warner:] Our neurotic quest to perfect the mechanics of mothering can be interpreted as an effort to do on an individual level what we’ve stopped trying to do on a society-wide one. Emily Matchar