Libertarian quotes

The essence of liberty is the right to be different. – George McGovern

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. – Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. – George Washington

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be. – James Baldwin

Liberty isn’t a prize you win or a right you inherit. It’s something you have to fight for every day. – Gary Johnson

The greatest threat to liberty is indifference. – James Bryce

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw

The price of liberty is not just eternal vigilance, but eternal effort. – Edward Snowden

Liberty is not a luxury. It is essential to human progress. – Milton Friedman

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me. – Paulo Coelho

True liberty cannot exist apart from a law of right. – Charles Sumner

Liberty does not exist in isolation, but in the interdependence of individuals. – Friedrich Hayek

Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw

Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. – John Adams

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw

Libertarian quotes part 2

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt

The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality, or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. – Marco Rubio

Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. – John Adams

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

Liberty means responsibility. That’s why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall. – Francis Bacon

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw

The best government is that which governs least. – Thomas Jefferson

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is the highest political end. – Lord Acton

Liberty is the soul’s right to breathe. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Liberty is a plant that grows when it’s watered with the blood of tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. – George Washington

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Liberty is the parent of enthusiasm, ambition, and virtue. – Alexander Hamilton

Give me liberty or give me death. – Patrick Henry

Liberty, according to my metaphysics, is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose. – Simone Weil

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying ‘No’ to any authority – literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political. – Ignazio Silone

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. – George Orwell

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice. – Abby Kelley Foster

Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw

Liberty comes from letting people do what they want, not from telling them what they cannot do. – Dean Inge

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of Cabinets or Foreign Offices. – Richard Cobden

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. – George Washington

The greatest threat to liberty is indifference. – James Bryce

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying ‘No’ to any authority – literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political. – Ignazio Silone

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt

Liberty is the soul’s right to breathe. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Liberty is not a luxury. It is essential to human progress. – Milton Friedman

Liberty isn’t a prize you win or a right you inherit. It’s something you have to fight for every day. – Gary Johnson

True liberty cannot exist apart from a law of right. – Charles Sumner

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw