Melinda Mitchell

“It’s the exercise of power, not the exercise of freedom, that requires justification.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom

“Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others. Libertarians defend each person's right to life, liberty, and property - rights that people possess naturally, before governments are created. In the libertarian view, all human relationships should voluntary; the only actions that should be forbidden by law are those that involve the initiation of force against those who have themselves used force - actions like murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and fraud. ”
― David Boaz, Libertarianism: A Primer

“3. We believe that people spend their own money more prudently than they spend other people’s money. So goods and services produced in the competitive marketplace are likely to be produced more efficiently and with more regard for real consumer demand than goods produced by government, and thus we should try to keep as many aspects of life as possible outside the control of government.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom

“Karl Popper once said that attempts to create heaven on earth invariably produce hell.”
― David Boaz, Libertarianism: A Primer