Herbert Spencer Quotes about Liberty

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The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Herbert Spencer

Liberty, Benefits, Libertarian

"The Principles of Sociology".

All socialism involves slavery.

Herbert Spencer

Liberty, Slavery, Libertarian

Herbert Spencer, John Offer (1994). “Spencer: Political Writings”, p.95, Cambridge University Press

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.

Herbert Spencer

Freedom, Men, Liberty

Herbert Spencer (1978). “The Principles of Ethics”

Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man.

Herbert Spencer

Exercise, Men, Liberty

"Social Statics, or The Conditions essential to Happiness specified, and the First of them Developed" by Herbert Spencer, (Pt. II, Ch. 4 : Derivation of a First Principle, § 3), 1851.

However insignificant the minority, and however trifling the proposed trespass against their rights, no such trespass is permissible.

Herbert Spencer

Rights, Liberty, Minorities

Herbert Spencer (2014). “The Right to Ignore the State”, p.9, The Floating Press

I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the relative paucity of the restraints it imposes on him.

Herbert Spencer

Liberty, Citizens, Libertarian

"The man versus the state: with six essays on government, society, and freedom".