“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.” IfsYearsGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsLibertyEconomicsLibertarianSocialismDesertSandLibertarianismFederal GovernmentEconomistShortageChargingFree GovernmentLimiting GovernmentFederalismFunny PoliticalFree Market CapitalismSaharaDesert SandSahara Desert Author:Milton Friedman
“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” ProblemGovernmentLibertySolutionsConservativeLibertarianLibertarianismLimited GovernmentSolution To A ProblemUrban PlanningBad Government Book:An Economist's Protest Source: An Economist's Protest
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” GovernmentLibertyProgramEconomicsConservativeLibertarianPermanentTemporaryLibertarianismFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyGovernment Programs Author:Milton Friedman
“No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentWantedAmericaPoliticalRightsConstitutionBillsSevenLibertarianCommunismMore TimeArticlesLibertarianismRestraintEmployedLimited GovernmentBill Of RightsLimited FreedomAmerica FreedomConcluding Author:Edmund A. Opitz
“Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is a "barbed-wire entanglement" designed to interfere with, restrict, and impede government officials in the exercise of political power.” GovernmentPoliticalLibertyOpinionRightsExerciseConstitutionLibertarianContraryOfficialsGrantsLibertarianismInterfereWirePolitical PowerCitizenryPopular OpinionGovernment OfficialsEntanglementBarbed Wire Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“For libertarians, freedom entails the right of people to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. For conservatives, freedom entails the right of government to do just about anything it wants, even if its conduct is violent.” PeopleIfsWayWantLongGovernmentLibertyLibertarianViolentPeacefulLibertarianismLibertarian Party Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an independent, uncontrolled and uncoordinated government in the Federal Reserve System, operating the money powers which are reserved to Congress by the Constitution.” TwoStatesGovernmentUnitedLibertyUnited StatesEffectsConstitutionIndependentCongressLibertarianLibertarianismReservesReservedFederal ReserveLimiting GovernmentMoney Power Author:Wright Patman