1. libertarian - Noun
2. libertarian - Adjective
Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.
One who holds to the doctrine of free will.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people. Stephen Harper
My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism. Ann Coulter
At first the relevance of chattel slavery to libertarian ideals was noted only in individual passages of isolated pamphlets. Bernard Bailyn
If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band, and all of the libertarian attitudes will logically fall into place. Murray Rothbard
A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs. S. M. Stirling
I've been on the left of the Party since I joined it about 1934 and I haven't seen much reason for altering...I have always been a strong libertarian both inside the Labour Party and outside...what I want to seek to do over a period of course is to establish a Socialist society. Michael Foot