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
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