Henry Hazlitt Quotes

Void of freedom, what would virtue be?

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience?

The individual is greater than the state.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty.

This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one's happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It's only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen - that is what makes the crucial difference.

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

The freedom of man is, in political liberalism, freedom from persons, from personal dominion, from the master; the securing of each individual person against other persons, personal freedom.

Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

In England, your life is your life.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.

To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom.

I think people should be able to do what they want to do.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

I am pro-freedom.

No man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.