P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

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

I believe everybody got the right to live their own life the way they want to.

Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being.

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

Life is fairer when individuals are free to make their own decisions

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

My freedom is more important than your good idea.

The individual is greater than the state.

But little do or can the best of us: That little is achieved through Liberty.

I believe very firmly in the principle of free agency - people making their own decisions and doing what they think is right.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free.

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and the exercise of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.

Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing, so long as he does not injure others.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

In England, your life is your life.

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

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.