“If I want to be free from any other man’s dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.” William Graham Sumner, (1840-1910) American academic and professor at Yale College. Source: The Forgotten Man and Other Essays,…

“[The founding fathers] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be left alone – the right most valued by civilized men.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis, (1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice 1928. Source Reference Justice Louis D. Brandeis Quote

“Individualism is at once an ethical-psychological concept and an ethical-political one. As an ethical-psychological concept, individualism holds that a human being should think and judge independently, respecting nothing more than the sovereignty of his or her mind; thus, it is…

“The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights.” Mikhail A. Bakunin, (1814-1876) Russian revolutionary anarchist, founder of collectivist anarchism Proposition Motivee, 1868. Source Reference Mikhail A. Bakunin Quote

“Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.” Mahatma Mohandas…

“Positive laws are tyrannical. One’s individual rights – whether they be life, liberty, or property – must be sacrificed by the state in order to fulfill the positive rights of another. For example, if housing is considered a “right,” then…

“The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of…

“The difference between a politician and a pickpocket is that the pickpocket doesn’t get indignant when you tell him to keep his hands to himself.” Joseph Sobran, (1946-2010) Columnist. Source Reference Joseph Sobran Quote

“The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.” James Bovard, (1956- ) American author, lecturer.  Source: Lost Rights,…

“If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God,…

“The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.” James Bovard, (1956- ) American author, lecturer.  Source: Lost Rights,…

“[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.” Sir William Blackstone, (1723-1780). Source: 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries 139. Source Reference Sir William Blackstone…