Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. —John Stuart Mill

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. —John Stuart Mill
I am a very peaceful man. I love people and I am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time. —Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee 2004)
There is no use promoting liberty if you won’t defend it during a crisis.
The enemy is who the enemy has always been. Our enemy isn’t left wingers or right wingers. Our enemy is the state. —Dave Smith
We are going to out-recruit and out-work others and win over the party. If you want to beat us, out-recruit us and out-work us. — Dave Smith
If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band, and all of the libertarian attitudes will logically fall into place. —Murray Rothbard
Here’s to the trouble makers! Here’s to the jury nullifiers, the rebel scum, those who won’t rest until they see justice and unfettered freedom! —Raylene Lightheart
Open your eyes… Anyone who encourages others to reject the State will be defamed, vilified, and ruined. Reject the cult of the omnipotent State. Be free. —Raylene Lightheart
There is something wrong with treating libertarian principles like a cheap whore to be sold for fickle votes. —Caryn Ann Harlos
[R]each deep into the soul of the average person and change them in a profound way. That’s what we need to do as libertarians. —Angela McArdle