Anyone who wants to see a very free world does not want government. I also don't like being extorted or being aggressed against by others. - Jeff Berwick
By its nature, governments and taxes are not voluntary. Government actions are violent and coercive, and theft as well. - Jeff Berwick
There is no point in being a bond vigilante if you cannot influence governments and central banks by selling bonds. - Jeff Berwick
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand
In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this? - Harry Browne
Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't deliver the mail on time, it doesn't keep our cities safe, it doesn't educate our children properly. - Harry Browne
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free. - Harry Browne
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily. - Harry Browne
Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' - Harry Browne
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise. - Harry Browne
Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn. - Harry Browne
A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second. - Harry Browne
There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic. - Sean Connery
If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs. - John Templeton
While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better. - Harry Browne
Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them. - Harry Browne
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. - Harry Browne
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
I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.
Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed. - Charles G. Koch
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