David Boaz

“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”

“War is the health of the state.”

“The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.”

“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.”

“The simple and compelling libertarian case for freedom is that each of us has an equal right to pursue his own life...and that we have no right to demand that others live their lives according to our choices.”

“The market is not a zero-sum game. It's a positive-sum game. One person's gain is not another person's loss.”

“We should be a nation of laws, not of men, or women, or majorities.”

“The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.”

“Don't steal; the government hates competition.”

“Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.”

“The great virtue of a free market is that it allows people to get what they want, not what some politician thinks they should want.”

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.”

“The purpose of government is to protect our rights. It's not to run our lives.”

“Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny.”

“If you want to understand the nature of government, you have to understand the nature of power.”

“As long as people are peaceful, they should be free.”