Libertarian Party Quotes - Page 2

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.

When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free.

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.

Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves.

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

The Libertarian Party is a shameful party

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government.

Truth and news are not the same thing.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless. Every significant movement in history has been led by one or just a few individuals with a small minority of energetic supporters.

Time is the only thing you can't buy.

There comes a time when a moral man can't obey a law which his conscience tells him is unjust.

For libertarians, freedom entails the right of people to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. For conservatives, freedom entails the right of government to do just about anything it wants, even if its conduct is violent.