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John Hospers Quotes

1918–2011 United States

John Hospers (9 June 1918 – 12 June 2011) was an American philosopher and politician. In 1972 he became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only new party candidate to receive an Electoral College vote in that year's U.S.

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Also known as: Prof. John Hospers

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If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.

Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971)

Liberty (or freedom) is the absence of coercion by other human beings.

Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971)

The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.

Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971)

A fascist is a student who, seeing the representatives of a chemical industry recruiting on campus, cries, ‘Let's chase the bastard off! We have the right to free speech but he doesn't!’

Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow (1971)

The only proper role of government, according to libertarians, is that of the protector of the citizen against aggression by other individuals. The government, of course, should never initiate aggression; its proper role is as the embodiment of the retaliatory use of force against anyone who initiates its use.

The Libertarian Alternative (1977)

Beware: the Government Is Armed and Dangerous.

The Libertarian Alternative (1977)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Hospers (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.