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Quotes from Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow — John Hospers

1918–2011 United States

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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)

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