“Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.” WellsChildrenDifferencesNormalAdultsLibertarianInsaneRetardedRetardMentally Retarded Book:Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice Source: Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice
“The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.” CommunityDifferencesExistenceLibertyLibertarianSocialismLibertarianismTolerateSocialist Author:David Boaz
“We're all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side. We'll eventually get batted back again, of course, unless libertarians can manage to do something about it. If your principal concern, like mine, is freedom, there's absolutely no discernable difference between the two 'majors,' and for all practical purposes, they're one big party - the Boot On Your Neck party - pretending to be two.” IfsTwoBigsPurposeCoursesSidesDifferencesPartyMinesRepublicanMajorsConcernCourtDemocratLibertarianPracticalsBunchManageNecksPretendingBootsPrincipalBack AgainBadminton Author:L. Neil Smith
“One difference between libertarianism and socialism is that a socialist society can't tolerate groups of people practicing freedom, but a libertarian society can comfortably allow people to choose voluntary socialism. If a group of people - even a very large group - wanted to purchase land and own it in common, they would be free to do so. The libertarian legal order would require only that no one be coerced into joining or giving up his property.” PeopleIfsGivingWould BeWantedOrderDifferencesCommonGroupsLandGiving UpPropertyLibertarianSocialismLibertarianismTolerateSocialistJoiningLarge Groups Author:David Boaz
“A crucial difference between lite libertarians and the right kind is that to the former, the idea of liberty is propositional - a deracinated principle, unmoored from the realities of history, hierarchy, biology, tradition, culture, values. Conversely, the paleolibertarian grasps that ordered liberty has a civilizational dimension, stripped of which the libertarian non-aggression axiom, by which we all must live, cannot endure.” KindIdeasRealityValuesCultureDifferencesLibertyPrinciplesTraditionEndureLibertarianFormerDimensionsBiologyCrucialAggressionHierarchyAxioms Author:Ilana Mercer
“Today's secular libertarians, who want to remove biblical religion from public life, have trouble making sense of the civil rights movement because it was so clearly a religiously inspired movement that entered the public arena and made a major difference in American life.” WantMadeTodayChristianDifferencesReligiousRightsTroubleMovementMajorsInspiredLibertarianCivil RightsMake SenseRemoveBiblicalSecularArenaPublic LifeCivil Rights MovementAmerican LifeTrouble Making Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“The difference between Libertarian and Conservative is that Conservatives understand this, and know that unregulated capitalism will eventually end with human meat sold in market places, and slavery. Alas, many Conservatives think that everything has to be regulated and controlled.” ThinkingKnowsHumansEndsPoliticalPoliticsDifferencesCapitalismSlaveryConservativeLibertarianMeatControlledAlas Author:Jerry Pournelle