“Instead of a bumbling and inefficient tool of society, the radical [libertarian] sees the State itself, in its very nature, as coercive, exploitative, parasitic, and hence profoundly antisocial. The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.” HumansHas BeensStatesRaceLibertyEnemyProgressToolsLibertarianRadicalHuman RaceAntisocial Author:Murray Rothbard
“In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.” HumansLongGoalRaceLibertyDemocracyIdealsFavorsHuman RaceCrusades Book:The House of Commons at Work Source: The House of Commons at Work
“The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.” PeopleIfsShouldHumansAbleGoalChanceRaceLibertyAchieveCreationUltimateStrivePursueHuman RaceUltimate Goal Author:Richard E. Byrd
“The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.” HumansReasonChurchRaceLibertyRightsLipsHuman RaceThreatenedShipwreckInalienable Rights Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all times, it has opposed the liberty of thought and expression. It has been the sworn enemy of investigation and intellectual development. It has denied the existence of facts, the tendency of which was to undermine its power. It has always been carrying fagots to the feet of Philosophy. It has erected the gallows for Genius. It has built the dungeon for Thinkers.” HumansHas BeensPhilosophyFactsAgeEvilChurchReligiousRaceExistenceLibertyEnemyFeetExpressionDevelopmentGeniusIntellectualBuiltTendenciesAll TimeHuman RaceConsistentThinkerDeniedInvestigationDungeonsGallowsIntellectual DevelopmentFagots Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“It must be admitted that the tendency of the human race toward liberty is largely thwarted, especially in France. This is greatly due to a fatal desire-learned from the teachings of antiquity-that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.” HumansDesireOrderCommonRaceLibertyLearningTeachingMankindAffairDuesTendenciesFranceHuman RaceFancyOrganizeAntiquityPublic Affairs Book:The Law Source: The Law