Libertarian Party Quotes - Page 3

• Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  Albert Einstein (1949). “The World as I See it”, Citadel Press

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

  William O. Douglas

  Government, America, People

  "The Court years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas‎". Book by William O. Douglas, 1980.

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• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Strength, Leadership, Peace

  "Ten Cannots". Book by William J. H. Boetcker, 1916.

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• Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

  Lord Acton

  Wisdom, Freedom, Mean

  Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.19, VM eBooks

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• The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Freedom, Voice, Justice

  "A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern" edited by Tryon Edwards, (p. 324), 1891.

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• The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

  Tacitus

  Peace, Freedom, War

  "Annals". Book by Tacitus, Book III, 27,

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• The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

  Ron Paul

  Money, Peace, War

  Ron Paul (1987). “Freedom Under Siege”, p.60, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

  Blaise Pascal

  Inspirational, Sad, Religious

  Pensees no. 894 (1670 ed.)

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• Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Inspirational, Funny, Money

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Freedom, Patriotic, Liberty

  "Strictly Personal" by W. Somerset Maugham, (ch. 31), 1941.

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Men, Law, Liberty

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.

  Donald James

  Truth, Lying, Democracies Have

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• 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.

  Leonard Read

  Philosophy, Liberty, Majority

  "How to Advance Liberty" by Leonard Read, mises.org. August 03, 2011.

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• A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

  Ramsey Clark

  Rights, Giving, Political

  1977 In the NewYork Times, 2 Oct.

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

  Joseph Sobran

  Government, Liberty, Defense

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• This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really good ideas belong to the Libertarians.

  Hugh Downs

  Country, Party, Ideas

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

  Felix Frankfurter

  Liberty, Constitution, Said

  "Graves v. New York ex rel. O'Keefe, 306 U.S. 466". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. March 27, 1939.

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• Alcohol didn't cause the high crime rates of the '20s and '30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today's alarming crime rates, but drug prohibition does.

  James Carriger Paine

  Alcohol, Drug, Liberty

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• 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.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Giving, Liberty

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• It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Government, People, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1819). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writings”, p.111

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• Mankind will in time discover that unbridled majorities are as tyrannical and cruel as unlimited despots.

  John Adams

  Liberty, Majority, Unlimited

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• Time is the only thing you can't buy.

  Nicole Lapin

  Oxford, Liberty, Lectures

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• It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

  C. S. Lewis

  Democracies Have, Government, Security And Freedom

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “God in the Dock”, p.324, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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

  John Locke

  Government, People, Liberty

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• So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

  Voltaire

  Religious, Fear, Sleep

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