“Joseph Priestley here, too, speaks for his age, for his religious brethren, and for his class.”

“Paine spoke for the governed against the government and for the living rather than the dead. At best he saw government as only a small part of society.”

One of the most highly-regarded historians of 19th-century America gives his contribution to the Literature of Liberty.

Knight explores twin themes in libertarian history: Revolution and Romanticism.

Daniel O’Connell was a lawyer, a peerless orator, and Ireland’s prominent political leader in the first half of the 19th century.

Agitator and pamphleteer par excellence, Thomas Paine was involved in both the American and French Revolutions.

Tom G. Palmer provides a comprehensive overview of the vast literature on libertarianism, free market economics, and the philosophy of liberty.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an important organizer and writer in the American women’s rights movement.

In this excerpt from Libertarianism: A Primer, Boaz tells the history of the movement for liberty, from Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu through the 20th century.

Smith interrupts his usual series with a 30-question trivia quiz.

Wollstonecraft argues the case for women’s rights entirely in libertarian terms of equal and natural rights.