Quotes by Libertarian You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. Abraham Lincoln libertarian helping men You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. Abraham Lincoln prosperity libertarian sound Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. Adam Smith libertarian patriotic government Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all. Adam Smith libertarian government reality All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind. Adam Smith libertarian age people An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. Adlai Stevenson I libertarian editors liberty Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. Aeschylus knees libertarian feet It is easier for a libertarian to attack the science of global warming than to alter one's core libertarian beliefs. Al Seckel global-warming libertarian belief Capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Albert Einstein capitalism libertarian progress The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery. Albert J. Nock tariffs libertarian reason When politicians say "I'm in politics," it may or may not be possible to trust them, but when they say, "I'm in public service," you know you should flee. Albert J. Nock libertarian liberty may The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression. Alexander Berkman libertarian liberty evil Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes. Alexander Haig libertarian want long The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop. Alexander Herzen libertarian liberty people The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave. Alexis de Tocqueville libertarian liberty men Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. Allan H. Meltzer libertarian communism government Opportunity could be defined in so many ways. There's one way of defining it, equality of opportunity, which is in fact the equality of capability, but the libertarians got there first and they have - like the Americans getting onto the moon, naming every crater after something like an astronaut - they have got there and named "opportunity" in a way that we cannot get ownership of now. Amartya Sen libertarian moon opportunity Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power. Amartya Sen libertarian development You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest. Ambrose Bierce libertarian liberty political A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity. Andrew Joseph Galambos libertarian liberty jam 1234567891011»