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Libertarianism is clearly the most, perhaps the only truly radical movement in America. It grasps the problems of society by the roots. It is not reformist in any sense. It is revolutionary in every sense.

— Karl Hess Letter From Washington," The Libertarian Forum 1, no. 6 (1969)

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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Libertarianism is a people's movement and a liberation movement.

Letter From Washington," The Libertarian Forum 1, no. 6 (1969)

Radical and revolutionary movements seek not to revise but to revoke. The target of revocation should be obvious. The target is politics itself.”

The fundamental question of politics has always been whether there should be politics.

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Whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist for mass murder.

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