“Every friend of freedom... must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.” StatesUnitedLibertyVisionUnited StatesCitizensDrugEvidenceArmyFilledLibertarianAlcoholJailCampsUsersLibertarianismEmpoweredCasualFreedom And LibertyProhibitionFreedom LibertyDrug ProhibitionArmed Citizens Author:Milton Friedman
“Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals, as if he could do it better than themselves.” IfsShouldGovernmentIndividualLibertyConcernMischiefStatesmenProhibitionHesitationHazards Author:Albert Gallatin
“Anarchists are extreme libertarian socialists , "libertarian" meaning the demand for freedom from prohibition, and "socialist" meaning the demand for social equality . ...Complete freedom implies equality, since if there are rich and poor, the poor cannot be permitted to take liberties with riches. Complete equality implies freedom, since those who suffer restrictions cannot be the equals of those who impose them.” IfsSufferingSocialPoorLibertyRichDemandExtremesLibertarianRichesSocialistRestrictionAnarchismAnarchistRich And PoorProhibitionComplete FreedomSocial Equality Book:What is Anarchism?: An Introduction Source: What is Anarchism?: An Introduction
“And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty and to the Constitution which is its palladium [protection], ... a Government which watches over ... the equal interdict [prohibition] against encroachments and compacts between religion and the state.” PeopleMayStatesCharacterGovernmentLibertyWatchesAtheismEqualConstitutionPositive AtheismProtectionDevotionProhibitionEncroachment Author:James Madison
“Since the writing of our Constitution, our religious liberties have been systematically threatened and whittled away by Supreme Court justices who interpret the First Amendment as a prohibition against religious activity on public property.” WritingFirstsHas BeensChristianReligiousJusticeLibertyActivityConstitutionCourtPropertySupremeAmendmentsThreatenedSupreme CourtFirst AmendmentProhibitionReligious LibertySupreme Court JusticeCourt Justice Book:A Nation Without a Conscience Source: A Nation Without a Conscience