I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military -...

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military -...

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act...

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act...

I'm tired of being considered property.

I'm tired of being considered property.

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at...

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to...

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to...

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and...

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable...

Government is waging war against the people.

Government is waging war against the people.

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate...